Lake City Kiwanis Club

Kiwanis learns about Mistry’s journey from finance to Ford dealer

Jul 8, 2026

Lake City Ford owner Daraius Mistry was the guest speaker at a recent Lake City Kiwanis Club meeting. He moved to Texas from India with his family at age five. He has a degree in finance but missed contact with people contact so cars became his passion. He purchased his first dealership in 2003...

Kiwanians help on Habitat for Humanity house, learn about organization’s mission

Jul 1, 2026

Five Lake City Kiwanians and other volunteers gathered to work on a Habitat for Humanity (HH) building project on north 10th Street in Lake City recently. This house was built in Goodhue by high school students and then moved to Lake City. HH stresses that these houses help people find housing...

Kiwanis Club hears about family sailing adventures

Jun 24, 2026

Heather Nierman attended a Lake City Kiwanis Club meeting at Lake Pepin Plaza dining hall recently to talk about her sailing adventures in the Caribbean. Her father often talked about sailing that area but that wish was ended by cancer. Heather and her husband decided they would fullfill that...

Fenstermacher tells Kiwanis about ‘Great Loop’ journey

Jun 17, 2026

Roy Fenstermacher of Lake City was the guest speaker at a recent Lake City Kiwanis Club meeting, telling about his amazing water journey. He, his wife, who was the boat’s captain, and a 110 pound dog, who got sea sick and was helped by taking doses of CBD, made the journey following the Great...

Kiwanis Club gets preview of athletic field improvements

Jun 10, 2026

Lake City Public Schools Supt. Ariana Wright was the guest speaker at a recent Lake City Kiwanis Club meeting. Ariana spoke about her personal history which includes growing up on the dairy and hog farm she loved, a music degree from Luther College where she met her husband Jason, also a music...

Solar project leader speaks at Kiwanis meeting

Jun 3, 2026

Kiwanis President Tom Kregel welcomed Broc Johnson, who works with the Solar Connection Company, to Kiwanis to talk about the solar energy project that he is leading the installation of at Lincoln High School and Bluff View Elementary. After very careful consideration the district school board...

Kiwanis hears about ambulance service

May 13, 2026

Lake City Ambulance Commission member Julie Le Captain and Lake City Ambulance Service Director Sara Rybarczyk were the guest speakers at a recent Lake City Kiwanis Club meeting. Le Captain is retiring from the commission after 9 years. Rybarczyk, who grew up in Little Rock, Ark., has been on the...

Kiwanis’ April 2026 Students of the Month

May 6, 2026

The Lake City Kiwanis Club Students of the Month for April are Erica Wallerich (left) and Grace Arendt. Arendt was nominated by the Lincoln High School Art Department and Wallerich by the Lincoln High School Ag Department.

Sullivan shares story with Kiwanis Club

May 6, 2026

Lake City Kiwanis Club member Heather Thomas welcomed Ryan Sullivan to tell his moving life story at a recent meeting. He was encouraged to try law enforcement at Winona State. This led to a job with the Red Wing Police Department as a patrol officer and eventually to becoming the school officer...

Exchange student from Italy speaks to Kiwanis Club meeting

Apr 29, 2026

Kiwanian Arianna Wright welcomed guest speaker Eva Ferro to a recent Kiwanis Club meeting. Ferro is a Lincoln High School exchange student from Viareggio, Italy, which is on the Mediterranean Sea. Its population swells from 60,000 people to 200,000 in the summer. The sea gives surfers loads of...