Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

John M. Huff, 78, of St. Petersburg, Fla., and formerly of Mason City, Iowa, died Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in St. Petersburg.  Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 10, 2016, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, with Pastor Matthew Muters of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church officiating.  Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at Major Erickson Funeral Home and continue one hour prior to the service.  Interment will take place in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City.

Starr Lange, 60, Clear Lake, died unexpectedly, Mon., Feb. 29, 2016 at her home.  Services will be 9:30 a.m. Sat., March 12 at Wesley United Methodist Church, Mason City.  Visitation will be Fri., March 11 at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake from 5 - 7 p.m. and then one hour before the service on Saturday at the church.  Family suggests memorials to Starr Lang Memorial Fund.

(Above) Clear Lake’s Ryan Leisure wrestles Wyatt Thompson, of Creston-Orient/Macksburg in the Championship match. 

Clear Lake’s Ryan Leisure earned his second State wrestling title in dramatic fashion Saturday.  The Lion junior used a spladle off of a re-start in the second overtime period to pin Creston/Orient-Macksburg’s Wyatt Thompson and win the Class 2A 138-pound title.

A longtime member of the Clear Lake Community School System has been chosen as the new principal for Clear Creek/Sunset Elementary.

Superintendent Anita Micich said she will recommend current Student and Family Services Coordinator Sally Duesenberg succeed retiring principal Mike Barkley in the 2016-17 school year.  The School Board is expected to act on the recommendation at its March 9 meeting.