Bowling for Blake

Teacher Tony Kockler snaps a photo of some of the many Clear Lake High School students, staff and friends of Blake Lobdell

who participated in the Bowling for Blake Bowl-A-Thon at the

Rose Bowl Monday, Dec. 26.

Stanley Nash

    Stanley E. Nash, 69, of Clear Lake, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, Mason City.
    A Celebration of Life service for Stanley will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, at the Opportunity Village Gymnasium, 1200 N. 9th St. W., Clear Lake, with Pastor

Jean Howell

    Jean L. Howell, 71, of 625 14th Ave. N., Clear Lake, went to be with her heavenly father, on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011 at Heritage Care Center, Mason City, Iowa.
    Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 at Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 2nd St. SE, Mason City.  A gathering for family and friends will be from

Vivian Anderson

     Vivian M. Anderson, 92, of Clear Lake died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City, Iowa.
     Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 28, at Faith Lutheran Church in Miller, Iowa, with Rose Visser, lay pastor officiating.  Burial will be in Memorial

Bulldogs end girls’ win streak

Hampton-Dumont ended Clear Lake’s five-game win streak with a 59-50 victory Tuesday, Dec. 20.
    Clear Lake Head Coach Bart Smith explained the Bulldogs’ size gave them an advantage on both ends of the court.

Lions top Bulldogs, 64-33

The Clear Lake boys basketball team ended the first half of its season on the upswing, winning their last two games to even their record at 3-3 heading into the holiday break.  
    Tuesday, Dec. 20, the Lions hosted Hampton-Dumont.  They broke the game wide open in the fourth quarter with a 16-0 run to win, 64-33.

Tough week for the Vikings

It was a tough week for the Ventura boys basketball team.  They dropped two games, one a conference tilt and the other a non-conference match-up.
North Iowa 52, Ventura 28

Lady Vikes fight hard, but fail to win

The Ventura girls fought hard, but failed to bring home a win last week, as they dropped a conference and a non-conference game.
North Iowa 40, Ventura 34
    The Lady Vikes put up a good fight against North Iowa on Monday, Dec. 19, but it wasn’t enough as the Bison picked up a 40-34 non-conference win.

CLEAR Project awarded $384,320 grant

    The Clear Lake Enhancement and Restoration Project has been awarded a $384,320 grant from the Environmental Protection Commission. 
    The grant was one of six contracts with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Division of Soil Conservation announced Tuesday, Dec. 20, by the EPA.

City ready to begin looking for new water tower site

    After more than a year of study, the Clear Lake City Council is continuing to take steps toward re-configuring the city’s water distribution plan.  That may include the elimination of the Main Avenue water tower and the addition of a new tower on the northwest part of town.
    At its regular Council meeting Dec. 19, Jason Petersburg of Veenstra & Kimm, reviewed study results with the Council, pointing to marked improvement in the city’s water

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