City hires firm to gather ideas for water tower site

 

A final decision regarding its future look is in the “distant future,” but the Clear Lake City Council unanimously voted to enlist the help of RDG Planning and Design to develop a conceptual plan for the area near City Beach formerly occupied by a water tower.

 

Please don’t feed the...

Council drafts ordinance to prohibit feeding the... 

City officials say they have asked nicely.  Now they are going to put some bite in their request to not feed waterfowl.

Students organize, contribute to blood drive

 

On Wednesday, March 20, Clear Lake High School held its 16th blood drive in the high school gym.  Students from the Human Anatomy and Physiology II class were in charge of the planning, promotion and implementation of the drive.  Seventy-four students and teachers were able to donate 59 units through the Life Serve Blood Center of Iowa.

Another vehicle goes through the lake ice

 

Pickup driven off Main Avenue ramp

A 1994 Chevrolet pickup has been recovered after breaking through the ice on Clear Lake during the early morning hours Tuesday, Feb. 26.

 

CL, Ventura firefighters called to blazes at OP, Silver Boot Motel

 

The Clear Lake Fire Department responded to two separate incidents Friday evening, starting with a reported kitchen fire at The Other Place on Highway 18 shortly before 5 p.m. 

Three die in helicopter crash

 

Investigation continues into cause of Mercy Med-Trans crash

Three people were killed Wednesday evening, Jan. 2, when Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa’s Air Med helicopter crashed north of Ventura.

 

School district responds to safety concerns

 

In the aftermath of a mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut Friday, parents and school leaders here are re-evaluating the readiness of our schools to avert another tragedy.

Proof that little things add up

 

Schools’  energy savings top $720,500 

by Michelle Watson

 

Preparing for the unthinkable

Active Shooter Drills give police officers valuable experience

 

by Marianne Morf

Learning has never been more intense at Sunset School.  Police officers spent Monday at the vacant elementary school involved in training to prepare for the unthinkable.  

Getting ready for the Harvest Festival

 

(L-R) Al Ashland, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce’s Harvest Festival, secures corn stalks to downtown light poles as Chamber staff members Patsy Barragy and Trish Pletcher help Melissa Haddock and Shelly Roberts, from Larson’s Mercantile,

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