New blood on the sidelines for the Lions

[caption id="attachment_12388" align="alignleft" width="270"]Troy Tysdahl will serve as defensive coordinator for the Clear Lake football team this season.  -Reporter photos by Chris Barragy Troy Tysdahl will serve as defensive coordinator for the Clear Lake football team this season. -Reporter photos by Chris Barragy[/caption]

Big night Friday at Lions Field

Coaches vs. Cancer fundraiser to be held

Coaches vs. Cancer logoA Coaches vs. Cancer fundraiser for the Cerro Gordo County Relay for Life will be held during Clear Lake vs. Mason City football games Friday night, Aug. 28.

Big night Friday at Lions Field

Coaches vs. Cancer fundraiser to be held

A Coaches vs. Cancer fundraiser for the Cerro Gordo County Relay for Life will be held during Clear Lake vs. Mason City football games Friday night, Aug. 28.

A “bucket run” will be held during halftime of the 7:30 p.m. varsity game; a bake sale will be held throughout the freshman and varsity games.  All proceeds will benefit the Cerro Gordo County Relay for Life.

Off and running

Connor ShawThe GHV football team got their season underway Friday, Aug. 21 with a scrimmage against Lake Mills.  Here running back Connor Shaw outruns a Bulldog defensive player.  The Cardinals are back in action this Friday, Aug. 28, as they face West Hancock at 7 p.m. in Britt.  -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy

Off and running

Connor ShawThe GHV football team got their season underway Friday, Aug. 21 with a scrimmage against Lake Mills.  Here running back Connor Shaw outruns a Bulldog defensive player.  The Cardinals are back in action this Friday, Aug. 28, as they face West Hancock at 7 p.m. in Britt.  -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy

Sharing Clear Lake’s history

[caption id="attachment_12378" align="alignleft" width="270"]Dorothy Garlock and H Milton Duesenberg display some of the 92 glass negatives Dorothy recently donated to the Clear Lake Historical Society. Dorothy Garlock and H Milton Duesenberg display some of the 92 glass negatives Dorothy recently donated to the Clear Lake Historical Society.[/caption]

Sharing Clear Lake’s history

[caption id="attachment_12378" align="alignleft" width="270"]Dorothy Garlock and H Milton Duesenberg display some of the 92 glass negatives Dorothy recently donated to the Clear Lake Historical Society. Dorothy Garlock and H Milton Duesenberg display some of the 92 glass negatives Dorothy recently donated to the Clear Lake Historical Society.[/caption]

Upmeyer new Speaker of the Iowa House

[caption id="attachment_12375" align="alignleft" width="270"]Rep. Linda Upmeyer  (R-Clear Lake) Rep. Linda Upmeyer
(R-Clear Lake)[/caption]

House Republicans have selected Rep. Linda Upmeyer (R-Clear Lake) as the new Speaker of the Iowa House, effective at the beginning of the 2016 legislative session.  Upmeyer is the first woman to be elected Speaker in the Iowa House.

Upmeyer new Speaker of the Iowa House

[caption id="attachment_12375" align="alignleft" width="270"]Rep. Linda Upmeyer  (R-Clear Lake) Rep. Linda Upmeyer
(R-Clear Lake)[/caption]

House Republicans have selected Rep. Linda Upmeyer (R-Clear Lake) as the new Speaker of the Iowa House, effective at the beginning of the 2016 legislative session.  Upmeyer is the first woman to be elected Speaker in the Iowa House.

Bridge replacement tabled by City Council

The Clear Lake City Council has tabled a motion to proceed with replacement of a bridge near the new McKesson Corporation development on 12th Avenue South.

Bids to replace the bridge and culvert over Outlet Creek came in more than $95,000 over the engineer’s estimate of $320,000.  Peterson Contractors, of Reinbeck, Iowa, had the low bid of $415,609.

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