City negotiates cost of fire service with townships

Published by admin on Thu, 06/19/2014 - 1:26am

Compensation paid by six townships for fire protection services provided by the Clear Lake Volunteer Fire Department will more than double under the terms of new, updated agreements.

Clear Lake City Administrator Scott Flory and Fire Chief Doug Meyers discussed agreements reached with Clear Lake, Grant, 

Democrats will choose Supervisor candidate tonight

Published by admin on Thu, 06/19/2014 - 1:25am

 The Cerro Gordo County Democratic Party will hold a nominating convention at 6 p.m. tonight (June 18) at the County Courthouse Boardroom to decide who will be the party’s nominee in the November election for the County Supervisor District 2 seat.
 Supervisors canvassed the June 3 election on June 10 and determined none of the four Democratic candidates received 35 

Lions roar at State Soccer

Published by admin on Wed, 06/11/2014 - 11:39pm

  The Clear Lake boys soccer team earned a third place finish at the Class 1A State Soccer Tournament which concluded Tuesday, June 10, at the Cownie Soccer complex in Des Moines. 

Girls finish third at State; Snelling earns runner-up honors

Published by admin on Wed, 06/11/2014 - 11:38pm

 Clear Lake freshman Emily Snelling finished as the Class 3A runner-up and helped her team to a third place finish at the State Meet played at Ames June 2-3.

Soccer girls end one game short of State appearance

Published by admin on Wed, 06/11/2014 - 11:37pm

The season ended one game shy of a State berth for the Clear Lake girls soccer team. The Lions were defeated, 7-0, by Nevada Monday night, June 9. Details of that game will appear next week.

Clear Lake girls looking for first softball win

Published by admin on Wed, 06/11/2014 - 11:35pm

The Clear Lake girls are still in quest of their first victory after dropping four contests during the week.

“Overall, the girls are improving and continuing to work hard,” said Coach Megan Young. “Some games we have hot bats, but can’t string them together, and other games we give the other teams free runs with errors. We have been trying girls in different 

Good learning week for GHV girls softball team

Published by admin on Wed, 06/11/2014 - 11:34pm

It was a good learning week for the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura softball team.
 “This was a good stepping stone week for us,” said Coach Christi Weiser. “We started the week with a great conference win over a young, but improving West Hancock team and then played competitive games against tough competition the rest of the week.”

Fourth ranked Lions record three shut-outs

Published by admin on Wed, 06/11/2014 - 11:32pm

 The Clear Lake baseball team had an amazing week, winning three games by shut-out, topping Class 4A powers and leveling a school with a storied baseball tradition. The Lions are 8-1 and ranked fourth in Class 3A.

CL 12, IF-A 0

Cardinals drop four games; move to 2-8 on the season

Published by admin on Wed, 06/11/2014 - 11:30pm

 The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura baseball team dropped four games in action last week, moving their record to 2-8 on the season.

GHV 7, West Hancock 2
 It was a good night on the road for the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura baseball team on Monday, June 2. The Cardinals topped West Hancock, 7-2, in a conference show-down.

Darreld Petersen Jr.

Published by admin on Wed, 06/11/2014 - 11:28pm

 Darreld F. “Buzz” Petersen Jr., 63, of Clear Lake, Iowa died Friday June 6, 2014 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa. A celebration of Darreld F. Petersen’s life was held on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, with Rev. Dennis Ganz officiating. Inurnment was in the Sacred Catholic Church Cemetery, Rockwell, Iowa, with 

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