Valens family shares keepsakes with Surf

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This year’s Winter Dance Party included a special presentation to the Surf Ballroom and Museum from the family of Ritchie Valens.  Siblings Irma Norton, Mario Ramirez, Connie Lemos and Bob Morales have loaned the Surf the wallet their brother was carrying when the plane carrying him, Buddy Holly 

Sukup named to Judicial Nominating Committee

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Steve Sukup, of Clear Lake, is one of eight Republicans named by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad to the nonpartisan Judicial Nominating Commission, a citizen board responsible for interviewing and selecting 

nominees to the Iowa Supreme Court and Iowa Court of Appeals.

Slippery conditions send vehicles into I-35 ditches

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(Pictured right) Weather is being blamed for a single vehicle accident Monday morning just north of Clear Lake on I-35.  Shala Strickland, 21, of Burkburnett, Texas, was southbound on I-35 when the vehicle she was driving apparently hit a patch of light snow.  

Need is great, but response is strong to The Giving Tree

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The first week of the Giving Tree program has been very gratifying, but there is much work to be done.

The 23rd annual Giving Tree, displayed in the Mirror-Reporter office, started the holiday season with 198 ornaments representing the needs of local children and families. Sign-up forms for the Giving Tree were 

Men arrested following theft

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An arrest has been made following a theft at an acreage north of Clear Lake.

Two Klemme men were arrested Wednesday, Oct. 31, for allegedly stealing items at 9050A 300th St., Clear Lake.  A citizen reported suspicious activity on the property to the Sheriff’s Department.

Arlo Victor Hoeft, 53, and Tony Lewis Baysinger, 49, were both charged with second degree theft, a Class D felony, according to a press release from the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Department.

Subscription campaign a success

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Mirror-Reporter Publisher Mike Finnegan congratulated workers in the recent Subscription Campaign and presented workers (L-R) Delores Mindrup, Carolyn 

Fire empties Clear Lake apartment building

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The Clear Lake Fire Department responded to a fire in an eight-unit apartment building early Tuesday morning in Clear Lake. 

Residents at 2102 14th Ave. N. were evacuated as firefighters worked to extinguish an electrical fire in the ceiling of the apartment occupied by Trent Schmitt.  The report of the fire came into the Clear Lake dispatch at 4:03 a.m. Tuesday. There were no injuries. 

The apartment building is owned by Daniel Jackson, of Clear Lake.

Grant will provide second beach cleaner

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A second beach cleaner will be added to the arsenal local conservationists use to reduce bacteria levels at swim beaches.

Clear Lake has been named as one of 12 grant recipients chosen by The Watershed Improvement Review Board.  The Board recently approved applications totaling $946,952 in grants to support projects that will improve water 

LAKE LEVEL

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The lake level remained steady at 

+0.72” above the weir.  Last year at this time the lake measured -21” below the weir.

 

THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE DIAMOND

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by Marianne Morf

& Michelle Watson

Pride is running deep in Clear Lake baseball.  

The community and school district is, of course, proud of its State qualifying Lions.  And parents, well, that goes without saying.  But Clear Lake’s baseball team has a special groundswell of support.  A true brotherhood of the sport.

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