Ruth Handfield

    Ruth M. Handfield, 89, of Clear Lake, died Monday, April 9, 2012 at the Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake. According to her wishes she was cremated and no services will be held at this time.

Trial date set for Lake man facing attempted murder charges

    A 30-year-old Clear Lake man will stand trial on charges of  Solicitation to Commit Murder, Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Attempted Murder at 1:30 p.m. May 29, in Cerro Gordo County District Court.
    Alan Michael Cannon, 1331 N. 7th St., Apartment C, entered a not guilty plea to the charges on Monday, April 16.
    Cannon was arrested at his home on March 27 by the Clear Lake Police Department.

Public invited to meet new Chamber leader

    The public is invited to meet the new executive director of the Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, Tim Coffey, at a Meet & Greet scheduled for 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, at the Clear Lake Arts Center.

Passing it on

Family takes pride in Earth Day clean-up

    Helping out with the Clear Lake Earth Days community cleanup has become a treasured tradition for several Clear Lake families.
    It has become a precious time for grandparents and grandchildren to hang out, make memories and accomplish things

Ssshh!

Noise ordinance considered

Soccer boys are off to a 1-1 start on the 2012 season

  The Clear Lake boys soccer team is off to a 1-1 start on the season.  The team opened at home Thursday, April 5, against Humboldt.  The two teams played evenly, but Humboldt came away with the win, 4-2.  Monday, the Lions got their first win with by a 3-1 score over Mason City.  Next up for the Lions is a Thursday, April 12, game at home against Garner-Hayfield.

Clear Lake girls host Early Bird Track Meet; place seventh

    The Clear Lake girls track team hosted its Early Bird Track Meet Tuesday, April 3.  Algona ran away with the team title, racking up 161 points to Bishop Garrigan’s 90.  Clear Lake placed in seven events, giving them 28 points and placing them seventh in the eight team standings.

Toppin paces Ventura boys track team

The Ventura boys track team competed in two meets last week.  Monday, April 2, the team competed at the CWL meet held in Britt and on Thursday, April 5, they were at Clarion.
CWL Meet
    Sophomore Joel Toppin picked up two first place medals to pace the Vikings.  He ran the 3200 meter run in 10:39.44 and the 1600 meter run in 4:55.87.  He also placed second in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:17.96.
    Josh Miller placed fifth in the shot put with a toss of 31’4.50”.

CL boys track team working on maximizing points

    The Clear Lake boys track team jumped into the season with both feet last week, participating in three meets.  Coach A.J. Feuerbach said his squad is doing just what he hoped-- scoring more points each time out.
    “I’m proud of the efforts of our athletes.   We will continue to get the lineup set so that we can maximize our points.  Our team times overall are the best in my five years as the head coach, but still not where they need to be to win events.  We’ll keep working hard to improve,” he said.

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