Doreen A. Fischer

Doreen Ann (Hunt) Fischer, 78, of Meservey, Iowa, passed away Dec. 15, 2014 at the Muse Norris Inpatient Unit, Hospice of North Iowa, in Mason City, Iowa.

A memorial visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, at Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St. NE, Mason City.

Doreen Ann Smy was born on Aug. 24, 1936, in Woodbridge, England.  She married Edward Norman Hunt on April 12, 1957.  Edward passed away Nov. 26, 1996. She married Robert Lyle Fischer on Sep. 15, 2001. 

Doris E. Parks

Doris E. Hughes Parks, 96, Mankato, Minn., formerly of Clear Lake, died Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, at the Laurel Peak Rehabilitation Center, Mankato.

A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, Dec. 19, at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 301 S. Main St., Ventura, with Rev. Scott Kozisek officiating.  Visitation with family and friends will begin at 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. preceding the service.  Inurnment will be at the Ventura Cemetery at a later date.  In lieu of flowers, Memorials may be given to the charity of your choice in her honor.

Lions top IF-A; fall to Clarion-Goldfield-Dows

Clear Lake spilt a pair of North Central Conference wrestling duals at home Thursday. The Lions wrestled Iowa Falls-Alden and defending state champion Clarion-Goldfield-Dows.

A buzzer beater and two more wins for CL boys

After dropping their season-opener, the Clear Lake boys have rattled off three straight wins.  In the past week the Lions 

won a buzzer-beater over Charles City, then dominated St. Ed’s in a conference match-up.  

Defense key to Lion victory

Clear Lake handled fifth ranked (2A) St. Ed’s, 66-42, Friday night, improving to 1-1 in the North Central Conference and 2-2 overall.

Coach Bart Smith credited his teams’ defense with setting up with the win.  

Two wins and a loss for GHV boys

With wins over Belmond-Klemme and North Union and a loss to Forest City, the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys moved their records to 3-2 in the North Iowa Conference and 3-2 overall.

Forest City 67, GHV 53

The GHV boys had a tough night against Forest City when the Cardinals hosted the Indians on Tuesday, Dec. 9.

Lions drop heartbreaking opener; roar back on the road

The Clear Lake boys dropped their opener, but roared back on the road to go 1-1 after their first week of play under new Head Coach Jeremy Ainley.   The team is off until Thursday, Dec. 11, when they travel to Charles City.  On Friday, Dec. 12, they host St. Ed’s for their North 

Central Conference opener.

CL girls facing tough competition

The Clear Lake girls are starting the season testing their skills against some of North Iowa’s top teams.  Last week the Lions earned a win over West Fork Tuesday, then dropped a close game to Hampton-Dumont, ranked fourth in Class 3A, to go to 1-2 on the season.  Friday night 

CL grapplers put in a busy week with nine duals

The Clear Lake wrestling team had a very busy first week of wrestling. The Lions participated in nine duals and ended up 7-2. 

The week started on Tuesday, Dec. 2, with a double dual with St. Ansgar and Lake Mills. The Lions beat St. Ansgar, 64-15. In the second dual, Clear Lake and Lake Mills finished in a tie, 36-36.  After 20 minutes of looking at the rule book, it was decided that Lake Mills won on the eighth criteria.

GHV boys top Newman; fall to Eagles

It was a week of ups and downs for the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys basketball team.  The Cardinals split a pair of games.

GHV 61, Newman 49

The Cardinals pulled off a tight game in the fourth quarter to top Newman Catholic, 61-49, on Tuesday, Dec. 2.

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