All social services in Lahti will soon be under one roof in Sammonkatu

The social services of Päijät-Häme will be brought together in one place. At the moment, they are scattered at several addresses. This is expensive and inconvenient for customers.

New premises have been found for the social services of the Päijät-Häme welfare area.

The Regional Director for Welfare will propose to the Regional Council on Monday that the Social Centre’s premises be located in a former furniture factory at 8 Sammonkatu in the Paavola district.

According to the proposal, the contractor and lessor will be a consortium of the City of Lahti’s premises company Spatium and the real estate investment company Staffia oy, Ryhmittymä Sammon8.

Another tenderer, Investors House Corporation, also participated in the tendering, but its offer did not meet the terms of the tendering.

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Contractor starts to prepare the ice trail on Lake Vesijärvi in Lahti – walkers have no business there yet

The city will inform you when the ice trail is ready.

The City of Lahti warns residents against going on the Lake Vesijärvi Ice Trail before it is completed. The city informs that work is starting on the ice route, but snow on the ice is slowing down the consolidation of the ice.

To make the ice layer thicker more quickly, the contractor will first clear the ice path of snow. However, the route will not be ready for use after the plowing, and traffic on the track should be avoided until the city announces that it is ready.

The ice route is ready for use when the ice thickness at the measurement point is 25 cm and the route has been ploughed. Preparatory work will proceed according to weather conditions.

According to the city, a big rail has been observed a week ago in Vesijärvi, which extended from Isosaari to Enonsaari and from Mukkula to the foot. On ice, people must take special care.

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Kempower made a loss – also a difficult start to the year

The company, which manufactures charging systems for electric vehicles, expects its turnover to grow this year.

Kempower, a manufacturer of electric vehicle charging systems, made a loss last year.

The company’s operating result was a loss of €26.4 million last year, compared with a profit of €40.7 million in 2023.

Kempower’s turnover last year decreased by 21% to EUR 223.7 million.

Ristimäki states that 2024 was difficult for the whole industry. There is too much stock in the stock in relation to the decreased order volumes. However, the company has succeeded in tightening its costs, including with the change negotiations last year.

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The renovated Lahti Kauppahalli could open as early as May Day – a local food company from Heinola is behind it

Several food producers from the surrounding area will be involved in the mall. A dozen employees will be recruited for the hall.

The Lahti Kauppahalli, which is currently under renovation, is set to open with a completely new look in May Day.

The store, which will be completely renovated, will focus on local food and small local producers. Heinola Hila, which has a local food market and café-restaurant in Heinola, has the main responsibility.

According to Matsari, the atmosphere of the market hall is a perfect match for local food and small producers. So expanding to Lahti was easy in the end.

– Seventeen years have been held in Heinola’s side of small producers, and it has always been watched to see if one could expand somewhere. The Kolli Foundation was convinced of us and did not want to leave this card unmoved, Matsar says.

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Six Wolt robots now move around in the centre of Lahti, controlled in Tallinn

Wolt-Market’s robot deliveries will start in Lahti in stages during February. The first deliveries will be made today, Monday.

Wolt starts transporting orders with robots in Lahti. There are six robots, but Wolt says the number may increase. The first deliveries will be made today, Monday.

Initially, the robots will only deliver orders to Wolt-Market, which they will transport within a radius of about three kilometres of the city centre. The robots are the same type of six-wheeled walkers that the S-Group, for example, has already used in many places in Finland.

Transport robots move autonomously along the roadsides, but workers monitor their activity and can take them over at any time.

Lahti robots are operated by Estonian company Starship Technologies and remotely controlled from Tallinn.

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Students tell us how long school days affect them: ‘I can’t do anything at the end of the day’

Finnish schoolchildren spend less time at school than in other Nordic countries. Yet almost half of secondary school pupils do not like school. Yle’s newsroom investigated whether the hours could be reduced.

Sami Kapanen is Pelicans’ new head coach – “There has been a spark to return to coaching”

Sami Kapanen, 51, was last head coach in the 2019-2020 season.

Kapanen, 51, last served as head coach in 2019-2020, when he coached HC Lugano in Switzerland. In the SM-liiga, Kapanen coached for two seasons at KalPa, from 2017 to 2019.

Lahti Pelicans are next to last in the SM-League standings with 47 points. The team has won silver in the last two seasons, but the past season has been disappointing in terms of results.

Kapanen, who has played more than 800 NHL regular season games, has spent the last few years with the NHL club Philadelphia Flyers. At the NHL club, he was responsible for player development for European reserves and player monitoring for professional players.

– I’m looking forward to the challenge I have offered. This season has been difficult for Pelicans, but I believe in the competitiveness of the team and the club, Kapanen says.

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Government’s confectionery tax plan gets more much criticism: to weaken employment and jeopardize investment

The health effects of tax are considered to be minor and full -to -xylitol is to be excluded.

The government’s proposal for the increase in confectionery and chocolate tax is strongly criticized in the consultation round.

Most statements are opposed to the government’s proposal to raise the current tax rate of 14 % of the sweets and chocolate to a general tax rate of 25.5.

The statements submitted emphasized the concern that the tax increase will weaken employment and endanger new investments.

The proposal is also considered to be contrary to the objectives of the Government Program: at worst, it weakens the competitiveness of the domestic food industry and leads to the increase in the share of cheaper import products.

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Police suspect Lahti ostarpalo as arson – presents the suspect to be imprisoned

Liipola shopping center in Lahti burned down in January.

The fire of the abandoned mall in Lahti in Lipipola in January is deliberately lit. Police suspect a 24-year-old man of gross injury and suggests that he is imprisoned.

The arresting rights will take place this afternoon in the Päijät-Häme District Court.

The decommissioned mall caught fire in Lipipola, Lahti late Saturday night, January 11th.

The five -story apartment building, located near a burnt -out business property for years, had to be completely evacuated at night due to the smoke formation.

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Lahti invests in the reform of the family park

The 2025 work program has included EUR 200,000.

The city of Lahti is renewing its popular play area of \u200b\u200bLaune Family Park.

This year, about EUR 200,000 has been earmarked in the work program. It is intended to renew the large climbing network near swings and balance boards.

The construction site is expected to start at the earliest in late summer. Plans will be available on the city website in late February.

The traffic city of the family park will also be renewed in the next few years. This year is reserved for design.

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