Lake City Police Department

City Council OKs plan for new Lake City public safety building

Jul 14, 2016

Construction could begin in September on a new city public safety building on North 10th Street. The City Council on Monday night approved final drawings for the 16,000 square foot building. The building will become the new home for the city’s police department, ambulance service and emergency...

'National Night Out' coming to Lake City Aug. 2

Jul 14, 2016

The 33rd annual National Night Out will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 2. National Night Out is a partnership between police and the community to organize block parties and other events designed to strengthen relationships in the neighborhoods, raise crime prevention awareness, and continue...

City employees honored

Jun 23, 2016

Five city employees were recognized for their years of service to the City of Lake City during last week’s City Council meeting. Mayor Joel Beckman (left) made the presentations. Those honored included, from left with Beckman: Jeff Daggett for 10 years on the Police Department; Deb Kranz, 25 years...

Church honors police officers

Jun 16, 2016

The Rev. Orin Sandberg found an artist’s print he liked so much he wanted to get it for the Lake City Police Department. The print shows an officer with wings holding a small child. The presentation turned into a big deal. With some help from Thrivent Financial, Sandberg’s Valley View Assembly of...

Grueling ride a tribute to fallen officers and their families

May 19, 2016

Lake City Police Chief Cory Kubista found himself thinking a lot about law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty last week, especially Missouri State Trooper Matthew Bava. Kubista, Lake City Police Officer Jeff Daggett and Lake City Police Investigator Matt Klees bicycled nearly 250...

Police receive crisis intervention training

May 4, 2016

All Wabasha County law enforcement officers participated in a crisis intervention de-escalation class during National Mental Health Awareness Month (May). The training took place Monday through Wednesday, May 2-4, at the Wabasha County Criminal Justice Center. The training was sponsored by HOPE...

Lake City council to get public safety building plans

Apr 14, 2016

The City Council voted 4-3 Monday night to request plans and specifications for a new Public Safety Building. The next step, once plans are received and approved, will be to seek bids for construction. The new building will be located on city-owned property on North 10th Street roughly across the...

Lake City man wanted after escaping detox facility

Feb 17, 2016

A Lake City man facing felony driving while impaired and other charges was still at large Tuesday after allegedly breaking a window at a Rochester detox facility and fleeing Feb. 10. Scott Bradley Knutson, 51, also faces a gross misdemeanor charge of refusal to submit to a chemical test and on...

Lake City to look at new home for ambulance, police and emergency management

Jan 13, 2016

The City Council wants more details on what it would cost to build a new police, ambulance and emergency management building. The council instructed staff on Monday night to get specifics about a proposal for a new public safety building in North 10th St. Monday night’s council meeting was...

Snow emergency averted in Lake City

Dec 30, 2015

When the predicted heavy snowfall totals failed to materialize overnight Monday, so did the snow emergency declaration that seemed all but certain earlier that day. Wabasha County was under a National Weather Service winter storm warning from Monday, Dec. 28, until 6 a.m. the following morning,...