Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

CBS Sunday Morning will air segment on Midwest kite festival

Clear Lake’s popular Color The Wind Kite Festival will be the subject of a CBS Sunday Morning segment.

Larry and Kay Day, organizers of the annual event, confirmed Monday that a CBS crew will fly into North Iowa from New York to film the Saturday, Feb. 18, event.

Serious kite fliers from at least eight states will travel to Clear Lake to brighten the skies above the frozen lake with colorful kites of all shapes and sizes.

Kingland, based in Clear Lake, and David and Deb Kingland, recently gifted $1.5 million to benefit students and faculty in three colleges at Iowa State University, it was announced Tuesday.

On Jan. 21, the announcement was made that Clear Lake would be a Host Town for RAGBRAI XLV on July 25.  Already questions are being asked about buying T-shirts and pins, hosting riders, and lots of other things.

(Above) Tyler Christy was sworn in as a police officer in Garner in December 2016.-Submitted photo.

By Michelle Watson

Tyler Christy made a lot of people proud when he was sworn in as a new policeman for the City of Garner recently.  But the one person who would have been the most proud died just nine months short of seeing his grandson take the oath.  Jim Hanson, a former police officer for Clear Lake, died on Feb. 3, 2016.