Getting ready

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Volunteers are busy building a Christmas By The Lake celebration that will draw thousandsSanta has his elves to help him get ready for a busy Christmas season.  But what about Clear Lake?  Who gets the community ready to host thousands for the annual Christmas By The Lake celebration?

 

The beat goes on

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The Lions took the field Monday night ready for action, as the Clear Lake band kept the fans

City sets public hearing for $2.5 million North Shore Drive reconstruction

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The Clear Lake City Council initiated the special assessment process Monday night for a $2.5 million North Shore Drive Street Project slated to begin in 2014.  The Council also set a public hearing for the project for 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25.

According to City Administrator Scott Flory, notices to affected property owners will be mailed on or about Nov. 5.  The project bid letting will occur in January, 2014.

Cardinal Court

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This is Homecoming week at Garner-Hayfield/Ventura High School.  Members of the Homecoming  Queen Court include front row (L-R): Sola Stephenson, Maddie Tusha, Bri Bier, 

CL Police make arrest in wake of July incident

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A Mason City man has been arrested on willful injuries charges stemming from a July 6 incident in Clear Lake.

Police Chief Greg Peterson reported that  at approximately 11:18 p.m. July 6  an altercation arose between two groups of 

Emergency workers respond

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Clear Lake fire and ambulance crew members responded to a report of a two-vehicle collsision Thursday, July 3., on 

Fire closes Lake restaurant temporarily

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 A small electrical fire has closed the Anchor Inn, on South Shore Drive, temporarily. The Clear Lake Fire Department responded Thursday afternoon, June 5, to a fire at the local restaurant. Restaurant personnel reported they had been 

working with a company on electrical issues when the fire started in the ceiling of the kitchen.

To share, or not to share?

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School district patrons speak out at forum

 About 70-persons filled the Clear Creek Elementary School media center Wednesday night to discuss the school district’s current sharing plans, with most discussion centering on the shared superintendent position with Mason City.
 Superintendent Anita Micich, who has been shared between the two schools since 2010, opened the meeting with a 

Motorcyclist dies after accident

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A Garner man has died from injuries he sustained when his motorcycle was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Highway 18 and Main Avenue in Ventura.

The Clear Lake Police Department reports that Timothy Hayes, 27, of Mason City, was westbound on Highway 18 at 6:24 p.m. Thursday, April 10,

School Board okays budget; proposed calendar nixed

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The Clear Lake School Board approved its 2014-15 budget Monday night, but tabled a decision on a proposed calendar for the next school year.

Taxpayers in the Clear Lake School District will see a drop of about 75-cents in the tax asking from the district during the next fiscal year.  Under the approved plan the rate will drop to $11.48 per $1,000 of assessed taxable property valuation.

The 2014-15 fiscal year budget shows $27.5 million in revenue and $22.9 in expenses, making the ending general fund balance $4.5 million.

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