CL girls stand at 11-3 in conference play

 

The Clear Lake girls set up their important game with St. Ed’s with victories over Clarion-Goldfield and Eagle Grove, but a slow start prevented the Lions from upsetting the conference leader.  The Lions are now 12-4 overall and 11-3 in the North Central Conference.  With their win, St. Ed’s earned some breathing room at the top of leader board.  The 

A week of ups and downs for Cardinals

 

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys basketball team had a week of ups and downs. The Cards picked up two wins, but dropped a disappointing game to North Iowa.  Their record now stands at 13-4.

G-H/V 60, Osage 50

Lions working hard

 

The Clear Lake boys pushed their record to 11-4 with a pair of wins last week.  The week also included a loss on the road to Fort Dodge St Ed’s.  The Lions now share a 10-4 mark in the North Central Conference with the Gaels.  Iowa Falls-Alden continues to lead the way at 12-2, followed by Humboldt at 11-3.

 

Win streak continues for G-H/V girls

 

The Garner-Hayfield Ventura girls stretched their winning steak to five with three more wins last week, moving their record to 11-6.

G-H/V 39, Osage 34

The G-H/V girls learned that playing hard all 32 minutes of a game leads to victories.  

Wrestlers wrap up regular season with close win over Algona

 

The Clear Lake wrestling team finished its regular season Thursday night with a 36-33 win over Algona.  The victory lifted the Lions’ record to 5-3 in the North Central Conference and 15-15 over all. 

“That is a very good regular season with the schedule we wrestled,” said Coach Gary Weber.  “This team beat ranked teams in, Emmetsburg, Osage, Denver-Tripoli and Fort Dodge St.Edmonds.  We 

upped the strength of our schedule and our staff believes it will pay dividends at Sectionals.”

Officials rescue teen from car going through lake ice

 

Emergency crews rescued a Clear Lake teen Thursday night after the vehicle he was driving partially went through the ice while driving on the lake. 

Tiny fighter beats incredible odds

Clear Lake baby born with rare tumor equal her size at birth

by Marianne Morf

Jaime Colsrud says she hardly knows what to say when people compliment the beautiful, smiling baby she’s holding.

Small towns begin to form on the lake as ice fishing heats up

 

by Joe Wilkinson

Iowa Department of Natural Resources

  A return to the deep freeze should send a lot of anglers to the ice this week. And they should be conscious of changing ice conditions.  Mild temperatures and rain have pounded away at what had been a pretty solid sheet of ice on lakes and backwaters. The deterioration is more apparent across the southern half of the state; with slow current winding through old stream beds.

Lake man pleads guilty to murder for hire

 

Sentencing is March 11

 

A Clear Lake man has pleaded guilty to one count of solicitation to commit murder. 

Alan Cannon was charged in March 2012 with two counts of solicitation to commit murder, one count of conspiracy to commit murder and one count of attempted murder.  Cannon was charged in November 

Loren Lease

 

   Loren Kendall Lease, 83, 400 Hwy. 18 W., died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013 at the Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake, Iowa.

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