Lake City

Concert to combine music, art spirtuality

Feb 17, 2016

First Lutheran Church in Lake City will present Music and Light — Reflections on Spirituality, a concert and art exhibit Sunday, April 10. The event will honor former Lake City artist Al Knudsen. The church welcomes experienced voices to join them as they sing the Fauré Requiem Opus 48 accompanied...

A Winter Wonder: Winterfest 2016

Feb 11, 2016

Lake City's annual Winterfest got off to a spectacular start with a fireworks show over Lake Pepin Feb. 5. Hundreds shopped, dined, underwent hypnosis, competed and more over the course of the two-day festival.

Letters: Outgoing chair lays out Lake City Planning Commission work plan

Feb 10, 2016

To the editor: The Lake City Planning Commission made a commitment to communicate our 2016 work plan and share community successes on our downtown and waterfront renaissance initiatives. Outlined below are highlights of our work plan as well as community progress on major strategies. Our work plan...

Lake City's first snow emergency of the season likely

Dec 28, 2015

It isn't official, yet, but Lake City Police and Public Works expect tonight's storm to bring the city its first snow emergency of the season. At 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for an area that included Wabasha County with snow accumulations in...

Chickens lose ground, ordinance fails again

Dec 17, 2015

It’s isn’t chickens that local officials hate. It’s skunks. And chickens attract skunks. And that being the case, an attempt to approve raising back yard chickens in Lake City failed for a second time Monday night on a 5-2 vote. The vote the first time was 4-3. Several council members switched...

Smile with Santa

Dec 17, 2015

Kids took their turns greeting Santa Claus and having their picture taking at the VFW Club Saturday morning during the annual Shop With Santa event. The event gives young chldren a chance to buy simple surprise gifts for their family members.

Nichols: The next step in Lake City's downtown rennaissance

Dec 3, 2015

We are writing to update you on the progress of our “Downtown and Waterfront Renaissance” planning and implementation initiative. This initiative began earlier this year and involved 11 community stakeholder groups. The groups participating were the City Council, Planning Commission, Destination...

Lake City city administrator field narrowed to four

Nov 12, 2015

The City Council will ask area county and school officials to sit in when they interview four people Dec. 4-5 for the city administrator position. Representatives of Goodhue and Wabasha counties and the Lake City School district will be invited to participate. The council on Monday night selected...