Sunset reopens

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The second half of the school year is beginning in the former Sunset Elementary School for students taking classes through the Lakeside Alternative (School) Program.  The program, serving Garner-Hayfield, Ventura and Clear Lake School District students, had been housed at the Ventura/G-H Middle School in Ventura.

Police investigate early morning stabbing

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Clear Lake police are investigating a stabbing which has left a Minnesota man in critical condition.

At approximately 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning, Dec. 9, the Clear Lake Police Department was contacted by the Mason City Police Department from the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room.  They reported a male subject had been admitted to the hospital with a knife wound that resulted from an assault that occurred 

a short time earlier at the Kum & Go Convenience Store located at 2005 Highway 18 E., Clear Lake. 

$1,000 prize offered for best holiday light displays in Clear Lake and Ventura

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A $1,000 top prize awaits the winners in a Clear Lake and Ventura Holiday Lighting Contest.  The contest is sponsored by the Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Ventura.

The contest, which also includes cash prizes for second, third and fourth place winners in each community, is open to residential properties only located inside the city limits of Clear Lake or Ventura. Each community will be judged separately. 

Court sets trial date for Clear Lake man charged with murder for hire

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A Clear Lake man charged with two counts of solicitation to commit murder, one count of conspiracy to commit murder and one count of attempted murder will go on trial Dec. 11.

 

One for the record books?

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Lake levels have fascinated us for decades

by Marianne Morf

 

Every job has its highs and lows.  But for Paul Fredriksen, it’s measureable.

Removal of stop signs a hot topic in Ventura

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The Ventura City Council unanimously passed the first of three readings which would remove stop signs at three locations in the town at its Monday, Aug. 27, meeting.  The vote came after more than one and one-half hours of comments from the public.

Clear Lake remembers ‘Big Bopper Jr.’

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J.P. Richardson Jr., son of one of the three rock-and-roll legends who were killed in a 1959 plane crash near Clear Lake after performing at the Surf Ballroom, died Wednesday, Aug. 21, in Katy, Texas “after a long, hard fight,” according to his father’s website.

Richardson, 54, had a heart pump installed in June.

City eyes improvements to public lakeshore areas

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Clear Lake City Council members responded favorably to a variety of ideas presented for improvements along much-used North Lakeview Drive, the Sea Wall and City Beach areas.

Pat Dunn, of RDG Planning and Design, Omaha, Neb., shared proposed designs for the popular public areas.  The concepts 

P&Z approves new location for Pritchard Auto

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The Clear Lake Planning and Zoning Board has granted its approval to plans for Pritchard Auto to construct a new dealership building at 3101 Willow Creek Court, near the intersection of Interstate 35 and Highway 122.

Nate Carney and Sue Copas, of Dean Snyder Construction, met with the P&Z Board at its Tuesday, July 16 meeting.  

Copas explained the building will fit in nicely with area buildings.  Ford has a protocol for new dealership building development and that will be followed, she said.  

‘Hero’ couple honored as parade Grand Marshal

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Gene and Bobbe Madson say they have enjoyed Clear Lake’s biggest and best Fourth of July celebration for 45-years.  This year, they will experience a key piece of the holiday festivities in an entirely new way-- as Grand Marshals of the parade.

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