Local tour group makes the most of trip to nation’s capitol

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by Marianne Morf

They say, “when life hands you lemons, make lemonade.”  A group of 35 seniors making a 10-day bus trip to Washington D.C. this month did just that.  

Members of the Clear Lake Bank & Trust Clear Sailing 55 Club departed for the nation’s capitol Sunday, Sept. 29.  On Monday, the vast majority of the groups’ itinerary was moot.  The government shutdown 

County health officials schedule flu clinics in Clear Lake, Ventura schools

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The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health is offering school-based flu clinics again this fall at various school functions. Vaccine is available for all children, parents and school faculty.   

“It’s a convenient opportunity for the whole family to get vaccinated against the flu,” says Karen Crimmings, Disease Prevention and Investigation service manager, Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health. “We plan to offer both the shot and mist flu vaccine at these clinics.”

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Economic Corridor leader urges city to expand development areas

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The Clear Lake City Council is being encouraged to make expansion of its industrial park a priority.

Chad Schreck, president and CEO of the North Iowa Corridor Economic Development Corporation, told the City Council last week recent activity has created a shortage of potential sites for new and expanding business and industry.

In Perpetuity

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The Clear Lake community celebrates Earth Day this week.  Locally, Jan Lovell heads up the Earth Day effort, which has grown to more than a week of activities sharing a common goal of  caring for and celebrating our home and our world.   She rightly points out the lake’s restoration was an impetus for starting the first Clear Lake Earth Day. 

Lynn Benson appointed new mayor of Ventura

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Lynn Benson has been appointed as the new mayor of Ventura.  

Benson, a retired business owner, said he had never thought about running for office, but decided to take on the position after Art Tesar resigned from the post because he was moving out of the community.

Woman killed in six vehicle crash on Avenue of the Saints

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Twenty-seven-year-old Amy Hild was killed Wednesday morning, Feb. 25, in a six vehicle accident on the Avenue of the Saints.  Hild, a 2005 Clear Lake High School graduate, was a resident of rural Rockford, Iowa and was traveling home from a meeting in Mason City at the time of the accident.

Officials report Hild was eastbound on US Highway 18 at the 193 mile marker near the Warbler Avenue overpass, east of Mason City, when a semi hit the back of her car as part of a chain-reaction crash. 

City tax rate will hold steady

Published by admin on Sun, 05/31/2015 - 6:02pm

For the fifth straight year, the tax rate for the City of Clear Lake will likely remain at $10.54 per $1,000 of assessed property valuation in the 2016 fiscal year.

City Administrator Scott Flory presented the City Council with a preliminary budget at its regular Monday night meeting.  The proposed budget shows total fiscal year expenditures of $12,141,766.  

Snowfall will help winter event

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This week’s cold weather and snow has at least one group smiling.

Organizers of the sixth annual “The Jack” Helgren Memorial Iowa Lemans Championship, say they were happy and relieved to see snowfall Monday.  That, along with an extended forecast for continued sub-freezing temperatures, means “The Jack” should happen, as scheduled.

The event is a memorial to Jack Helgren, an area businessman, avid snowmobiler, former dealer/racer, and promoter of the sport in the area.

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