special olympics

Local Lions feed wagon train

Jun 23, 2021

Members of the Lake City Lions Club were up early Saturday to feed breakfast to participants in the Friendship Wagon Train. Train participants came from around the country, covered wagons in tow, for a journey through southeastern Minnesota for fun and to raise money for Special Olympics Minnesota...

Fundraising wagon train starts here

Jun 16, 2021

They are coming from Alabama, from Illinois, from Georgia, from Kentucky, from Tennessee, from Louisiana, and other places to Lake City Thursday and Friday. And that’s all before they set out on the real journey. This year’s Friendship Wagon Train is forming in Lake City before setting out on a...

Local police, child carry torch through Lake City

Jun 26, 2019

When this year’s Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Minnesota passed through town on Wednesday, June 19, it was joined by several members of the Lake City Police Department on bike, on foot, and in escort vehicles. Sydnee Stoltzenberg, 12, (pictured at center holding the torch) also...

Special Olympic torch passes through

Jun 27, 2018

On June 20 at about noon the Special Olympics Torch run passed through Lake City, as it has for several years. Pictured are several police officers from Lake City and surrounding areas with student athletes from Lincoln High School. The torch passed through town escorted by squad cars and police...

Torch run passes through lake City

Jun 29, 2017

The annual Law Enforcement Torch Run carrying the torch for the Special Olympics passed through Lake City June 21 after zig-zagging its way here from Rochester. Some local students joined the run from St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church to Patton Park, where they posed for a photo with law...