childcare

Applicants sought for SMIF childcare solutions consortium

Dec 13, 2023

Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) is seeking applications for the Whole Community Child Care Consortium which will bring together up to four communities to enhance child care access and quality through peer learning. Communities in SMIF’s 20-county region are eligible to apply....

Community childcare solutions

Feb 2, 2022

It is no secret that our child care system is strained. Even before the pandemic, rural Minnesota was struggling with a child care shortage. For parents, this has made it challenging to enter or stay in the workforce. For communities, the challenge is attracting and retaining residents if they do...

Daycare provider appeals license suspension

Jan 15, 2020

A Lake City childcare provider is appealing a temporary license suspension that prevents her from offering childcare. The state Department of Human Services (DHS) suspended the childcare license of Amber Eggenberger of Lake City effective Jan. 9. According to a Jan. 8 letter ordering the...

Letter: Haley's fraud column misleads

Apr 10, 2019

To the editor: I would appreciate it if the editor would take time to investigate significant concerns for the community, rather than pass along hearsay rumors from a biased political hack. Fox 9 carried a series of reports in May of 2018 based on false statements by Scott Stillman, a...

Senators hold childcare listening session here

Sep 13, 2018

A bi-partisan group of state senators listen to testimony from a childcare provider during a childcare listening session Monday, Sept. 10, at the Lake City Public Library. The session was one of several planned around the state as officials work to ease a childcare shortage in many areas of the...

EDA head: Survey can be the basis for community center, childcare discussion

Sep 13, 2018

Lake City Public Utility customers likely remember receiving a single-page survey form with their bill earlier this summer. Those surveys were the essential tool in a market research study sponsored by the Lake City Economic Development Authority (EDA). The results of that survey are now available...

Tiger Time rides the Pearl of the Lake

Sep 5, 2018

Children in Lake City Tiger Time boarded the Pearl of the Lake paddlewheel boat for a ride around Lake Pepin during the last week of the summer childcare program. “The kids absolutely loved it,” Tiger Time Director Amy Holland said. “A huge shout out to Larry (Nielson) and the crew for taking time...

Survey measures interest and need for childcare and community center

Jun 20, 2018

Questionnaires from the Lake City Economic Development Authority (EDA) are on their way to mailboxes and inboxes in the Lake City area. The EDA is trying to gauge public interest in and willingness to contribute financially toward a childcare center and community center. It’s the latest in a...

Sled + selfie = sledfie?

Jan 24, 2018

Tiger Time coordinator Amy Holland and a whole pack of Tiger Time children pose for a selfie during a sledding outing Friday, Jan. 19, when there was no school.

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