Lake City Kiwanis Club
Cookies and Milk Festival organizer speaks to Kiwanis Club
Apr 8, 2026
Cookies and Milk Festival is a new event being planned by Anne Tabat, center in photo, to be held May 16 in Ohuta Park in Lake City.
Kiwanians Mark Nichols and Dean Flugstad welcomed Anne to tell us about this intriguing day that Anne and many others are preparing for. They envision this as a fun...
Birdhouse building teaches workshop skills, safety
Apr 1, 2026
Pictured are three of the six Bluff View students along with one father and two Kiwanians who participated in Lake City Kiwanis Club’s 40th year of building birdhouses. Using Lincoln High’s woodworking shop and equipment allows students to learn manual skills, planning ahead and tool safety, the...
Engebretson, Ratz are Kiwanis Students of the Month for March
Apr 1, 2026
The Lake City Kiwanis Club Students of the Month for March are Lincoln High School students Alex Ratz (right) and Ashley Engebretson. Ratz was nominated by the Business Technology Dept. and Engebretson by the Family Consumer Science Dept.
German foreign exchange student speaks to Kiwanis Club
Apr 1, 2026
Lake City Kiwanis Club heard a presentation by Lincoln High School exchange student Emma Siert from Germany.
Siert lives in northern Germany in the town of Osterronfeld about the population of Lake City.
She loves to travel and learn about other countries, like Egypt and Spain, which will serve...
Georgian foreign exchange student speaks to Kiwanis Club
Mar 11, 2026
Lincoln High School foreign exchange student Irakli Surmanidze was the guest speaker at a Lake City Kiwanis Club meeting.
Irakli was nicknamed “Rocky” by his new friends and classmates at Lincoln High. His home is the country of Georgia which is the crossroads of Europe and Asia and is located on...
Kiwanis hears about the funeral business
Mar 4, 2026
Kiwanis Club members Augie Schleicher and Mike Arendt talked about their history with the funeral service.
Augie is the third generation of Schleichers who all had the first name of August.
Augie’s grandfather went to school for six weeks in the 1800s to learn the trade and start a business in...
Kiwanis Club hears from area entrepreneurs with a weekly podcast
Feb 11, 2026
Kiwanis member Heather Thomas welcomed Cole Nelson and Blake Waters to our Wednesday noon meeting.
Cole, along with his father and eight employees, operate Maverick Construction south of Zumbro Falls. Of interest besides doing house siding, gutters, etc., they fabricate high end jumping water...
Kiwanis Club presents dictionaries to students
Feb 11, 2026
On Jan. 21, Bluff View Elementary School third grade students received dictionaries provided by the Kiwanis Club of Lake City. “All third grade students are given dictionaries at the request of their teachers,” the club said in a news release. “Kiwanis has been providing these tools of learning for...
Hydrologist speaks at Kiwanis meeting
Feb 4, 2026
Lake City Kiwanis Club welcomed Lucas Youngsma, hydrologist in the Lake City Department of Natural Resources (DNR) office, to talk about local water issues.
Speaking about the much loved Frontenac Pond, Lucas related that beaver dams have kept the water levels up until recently when the water...
Berge speaks to Kiwanis Club
Jan 28, 2026
Kiwanian Jen White welcomed Lake City boys basketball coach Greg Berge to talk about his field of expertise, high school basketball coaching.
While having created, during his 19 years as the Tigers head coach, one of the most successful on court basketball programs in the state of Minnesota, Greg...
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