Laurel J. Fandel

Laurel Jean Fandel, 93, of 620 Briarstone Dr., Mason City, Iowa, died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, at the Muse Norris Impatient Unit, Hospice of North Iowa, in Mason City.

A memorial service was held on Monday, Sept. 12, at Epiphany Parish-Holy Family Catholic Church, Mason City, with the Rev. Andrew A-Mensah officiating.  Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City.

Boys injured in truck rollover

(Above) Members of the Clear Lake Fire Department work to extract the driver and a passenger from a truck which hit a bridge and rolled northeast of Clear Lake.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.

One 16-year-old is in critical condition, and another has been transferred after a rollover crash Saturday.

Boys injured in truck rollover

(Above) Members of the Clear Lake Fire Department work to extract the driver and a passenger from a truck which hit a bridge and rolled northeast of Clear Lake.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.

One 16-year-old is in critical condition, and another has been transferred after a rollover crash Saturday.

Population explosion is having a positive effect in Ventura

(Above) CLEAR Project Coordinator Jim Sholly was on hand to visit with those who stopped at McIntosh Woods State Park last week to see the progress goats are making on the landscape.

“Population Explosion! Forty-eight new kids!” exclaims the sign outside the Ventura Community Center.

Population explosion is having a positive effect in Ventura

(Above) CLEAR Project Coordinator Jim Sholly was on hand to visit with those who stopped at McIntosh Woods State Park last week to see the progress goats are making on the landscape.

“Population Explosion! Forty-eight new kids!” exclaims the sign outside the Ventura Community Center.

Main Avenue sidewalk project put on hold

Only one bid-- 32 percent higher than expected, received for brick paver project

The Clear Lake City Council rejected the lone bid for its Main Avenue Sidewalk Replacement Project Monday night.

Dean Snyder Construction, of Clear Lake, was the only contractors to submit a bid for the work, which was to begin this fall.  The business’ bid of $794,243, was 32-percent higher than the engineer’s estimated cost of the project of $601,890.

Main Avenue sidewalk project put on hold

Only one bid-- 32 percent higher than expected, received for brick paver project

The Clear Lake City Council rejected the lone bid for its Main Avenue Sidewalk Replacement Project Monday night.

Dean Snyder Construction, of Clear Lake, was the only contractors to submit a bid for the work, which was to begin this fall.  The business’ bid of $794,243, was 32-percent higher than the engineer’s estimated cost of the project of $601,890.

Subscription campaign swings into second week

The Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter’s Subscription Expansion Campaign is off and running, with three candidates competing for cash prizes totaling over $5,000.   The campaign will continue through Monday, Sept. 26.

Subscription campaign swings into second week

The Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter’s Subscription Expansion Campaign is off and running, with three candidates competing for cash prizes totaling over $5,000.   The campaign will continue through Monday, Sept. 26.

Remember When 9-21-2016

(Above) Tom-Tom Ballroom, 1931In Dec. 1931, contractor George Petersen sold his bathhouse equipment and remodeled the bathhouse into a dance hall and renamed it the Tom Tom Ballroom. The Tom Tom Ballroom was destroyed by fire in August 1932.  Mr.

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