LAKE LEVEL

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The lake level is still on the rise.  The lake rose 1.92” to its new reading of -6.48”.  Last year at this time 

the lake measured -8.4” below the weir.

Child abduction averted by local bar patrons

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A Clear Lake mother and child are doing well in the wake of a scary experience.

Katie Showalter, owner of Rumorz at 1210 South Shore Drive, said she pulled into the bar with her baby on her way home approximately 3:45 p.m. Saturday afternoon to change him and to use the restroom.  Showalter, 37, left the baby 

No name yet for Rec Area

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Clear Lake Parks and Recreation Department Board members are mulling over about six potential names for its recreation area located on 12th Avenue South.

P&R Department Director Randy Miller said Board members discussed names suggested by the public for the area, but 

reached no decision at their March 27 meeting.  The group decided to think about the ideas and will vote at their next meeting, slated for April 24.

Clear Lake still waiting for nesting Ospreys to return

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Statewide re-population efforts are taking off

 

by Marianne Morf

“If you build it, they will come.”  

That’s what they said about Iowa’s Field of Dreams.  But seven years after nesting poles were readied to attract ospreys, Clear Lake is still waiting to attract its first nesting pair.  

Students navigate Mt. Rainier

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Three Iowa State University students from Clear Lake started the new year on a natural high.

On Jan. 3, at 8:28 p.m. Payton Hand, Andrew Klein and Colton Kennedy were among eight members of the Iowa State University Mountaineering and Climbing 

Sorensen takes oath of office as new City Attorney

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John Sorensen was sworn in as the new City Attorney for the City of Clear Lake Monday night.  Sorensen replaces Charles Biebesheimer, who has represented the city since 2004.

Sorensen’s selection followed a request for proposals sent to Clear Lake and Mason City law firms and interviews of interested parties.  The Sorensen Law Office and Stillman Law Firm, where Biebesheimer practices law, were the only applicants for the position.

Clear Lake woman killed in I-35 pile-up

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A Clear Lake woman was killed in a 25-car pileup on Interstate 35 between Dows and Williams Friday afternoon in blizzard conditions.  

The Iowa State Patrol said 27-year-old Colby Bostick got out of her vehicle after her car was hit to check on her child in the back seat. While she was outside her vehicle, she was struck by another car.   Colby’s husband, Cody, who was with her in the car and her son, one-year-old Easton, were not injured.  

Also killed in the pileup was 43-year-old Sheila Blood, of Arkansas. 

Holiday festival just gets better and better

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Two words summed up this year’s Christmas By The Lake celebration for organizer Gene Madson.  “The best!”

“Every year I think it’s better than the year before and that we’ll never top it,” said Madson.  “But I can honestly say that this year was the best we’ve ever had.”

Christ honored as Citizen of the Year

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By Marianne Morf

Don Christ was honored as the 2012 Citizen of the Year by the Clear Lake Rotary Club at a dinner held in his honor Thursday at the Best Western Holiday Lodge. 

Clear Lake industry facing closure?

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News report about South Street Bakery still unconfirmed

 

Baker’s Pride Inc., which operates South Street Bakery in Clear Lake’s industrial park, has notified employees of a possible closure, according to a report in The Burlington Hawk Eye.

Calls to Baker’s Pride leadership on the corporate level, as well as the local plant, were not returned by press time Tuesday.

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