Next City Council meeting will be at Fire Station

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 Due to the reconstruction project at Clear Lake City Hall, the next City Council meeting, scheduled for Monday, Aug. 4, will be held at the 

Clear Lake Fire Station, 711 2nd Ave. N. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m.

CL police chief opening draws 24 applicants

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New leader could be in place by August 1

A total of 24 persons have submitted their applications to be considered for the Clear Lake Chief of Police position.

Mayor Nelson Crabb updated the City Council on the search Monday night, saying the deadline to apply was May 15.

According to Crabb, applications were received from candidates nationwide, with 13 of the 24 applicants having recently served as chief or acting chief within their departments.  Two of the applicants come from the CLPD, he said.

School Board settles on 2015-16 calendar

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Classes begin Aug. 24

The Clear Lake School Board has given its approval to a 2015-16 calendar which starts classes on Monday, Aug. 24, for high school students.  

The Board had been in limbo for more than a month on its start date because legislators had been debating state guidelines which now prohibit schools starting earlier than the week of Sept. 1.  

Men accused of cheating to win Clear Lake fishing tourney plead not guilty

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Two North Central Iowa men accused of cheating in a Clear Lake fishing tournament in February have filed pleas of not guilty. 

Aaron Lauber, 23, of Clear Lake, and Jason Schuttler, 25, of Manly, were charged by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for 

cheating during a state-sponsored fishing tournament at Clear Lake on Feb. 8.  DNR officials say they received a tip that some of the fish were caught outside the tournament’s hours of 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

CL preschoolers will move to Sunset School in 2015-16

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The former Sunset View Elementary School will return to its roots next school year.  

Elementary Principal Mike Barkley met with the School Board Monday at its workshop session and told the group he recommends locating the district’s three pre-school classrooms at Sunset next school year.  There is simply not enough room at Clear Creek 

Elementary for the projected number of students enrolled in pre-school through grade five, he said.

Memorial mock-up moved to new location; Public comment encouraged

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A mock-up of a proposed veteran’s memorial has been moved to a second potential location for the public to review.

The local Veteran’s Memorial Task Force has identified three potential locations to place the display, constructed to scale, of the 

Lawsuit filed against Clear Lake School District will go to trial in 2016

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A lawsuit filed by the mother of an injured Clear Lake football player against the Clear Lake Community School District has been set for March 15, 2016. 

A court scheduling order filed Thursday states the trial is expected to last four to five days. 

Roxanne Hasfjord filed the lawsuit on behalf of her son, Austin, in Cerro Gordo County District Court. 

Clear Lake man killed in truck roll-over

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A Clear Lake man was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Humboldt County Wednesday, Dec. 17.  

The Iowa State Patrol reported that 39-year-old Richard Goscinski was eastbound on County Road C-20, east of Livermore, Iowa when he apparently lost control of his Yohn truck while negotiating a curve.  The vehicle rolled into the northwest ditch. 

Goscinski was pronounced dead at the scene. 

New library director expected to be named soon

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The announcement of a new library director to succeed Jean Casey at the Clear Lake Public Library is expected soon.

Monday night, Clear Lake City Administrator Scott Flory said the search committee has concluded the interview process and it is anticipated that an appointment will be recommended by the committee, 

submitted for approval of the Board, and announced publicly at the next Library Board of Trustees meeting.

The Library Trustees are scheduled to meet at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9.

Lights, camera, action!

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Former Clear Lake man comes back to Iowa to film movie

By Michelle Watson

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