Philanthropy
'Five for Food' returns
Feb 8, 2017
Five for Food, the cooperative initiative to raise money for the Lake City Food Shelf, is back.
Five organizations have pledged $1,000 each to be used to match contributions made from now until March 31. The organizations are the Greater Lake City Community Foundation, Lake City Federal Bank...
Sixth graders 'soar' in support of Sawyer Peters
Feb 8, 2017
A group of sixth grade girls from Bluff View Elementary School in Lake City will be selling bracelets and baked goods at the Lake City High School boys basketball game on Tuesday, Feb. 14 and bracelets at the Lake City High School girls basketball game on Friday, Feb. 17 to help support Sawyer...
Relay for Life seeks volunteers
Feb 2, 2017
Organizers of the Wabasha County Relay for Life will hold an informational event tomorrow (Feb. 3) for people interested in volunteering to help organize the annual event to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
The informational event will begin at 3 p.m. at Port 104 in Lake City. People...
Dairy award goes to Lake City Fire Department
Feb 2, 2017
The Lake City Fire Department was selected for the 2016 Wayne Quinn Award at the Form-A-Feed Professional Dairy Conference at Jackpot Junction in Morton, Minn. on Jan. 19.
Each year, the Form-A-Feed Outstanding Dairyman Award winners select a person or organization from their community who they...
Kruger recycles, animals benefit
Feb 2, 2017
Kathy Kruger loves animals. She approached the Hiawatha Animal Humane Society (HAHS) with the idea of collecting used toner cartridges as a fundraiser in early 2005.
Until then she had been helping by doing volunteer work with the animals, but realized that she couldn’t take in any more pets and...
Family, friends surprise honoree
Jan 25, 2017
Two-time breast-cancer survivor Pattie Heimer took the court Jan. 20 as the guest of honor at the Lake City High School girls basketball team’s Coaches vs. Cancer fundraiser with a handful of family members. The size of her retinue soon multiplied as family and friends made a surprise entrance from...
Lake City native is finalist for community impact award
Jan 25, 2017
Lake City High School alumnus Brenda Kardock is one of five finalists for the 2017 TeamWomen MN WaveMaker award for “Community Impact.”
The award goes to someone who “makes giving back to the community a top priority in ways that benefit the advancement of women, either through their work or...
Donation helps bring ‘Voice’ finalist to Bluff View
Jan 18, 2017
A $400 donation from Pass It On Thrift Store will help bring Kat Perkins to Bluff View Elementary School on Feb. 28. Perkins is a motivational speaker and musician who is probably best known for becoming a finalist on the television show “The Voice.” She’ll speak to students in grades five and six...
‘Round-up’ raises $2,500 for food shelf
Jan 18, 2017
From Nov. 1 through the end of the year, Fiesta Foods offered shoppers the opportunity to round their totals up to the nearest dollar to support the Lake City Food Shelf. On Jan. 16, the store presented the food shelf with a check for $2,500. Fiesta Foods employee Dennis Stanley said the store was...
Library friends celebrate with big donation
Jan 18, 2017
The Friends of the Lake City Library met on Dec. 8 at the Railhouse Grill for their annual holiday party.
Twenty-eight members attended and they presented a check in the amount of $6,180 to Patti Bross, Library Director.
This represented proceeds from the Junk Crush Book Sale in September, the...
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