Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

(Above) Ben Loge fell to Mason City’s Reed Kruger, 6-1, 6-0.  Mason City is ranked #9 in Class 2A. -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy

The Clear Lake boys tennis team opened the 2022 year against ninth ranked (2A) Mason City.  Clear Lake lost the match 9-0 to a very deep Mason City team.

Singles

Reed Kruger (MC) over Ben Loge, 6-1, 6-0

Justin Yarahmadi (MC) over Justin Kerr, 6-0, 6-0

by Michelle Watson

Clear Lake’s relay teams ran strong at the Decorah Boys Early Bird held on Monday, April 4.  The relay performances helped the Lions to capture a fourth place finish at the meet with 59 points.  Mason City won the meet with 173 points, followed by Decorah and Waukon with 119 and 118 respectively.  Six teams competed at the meet.

(Above) Property owner Kavin Swenson looks on as Ventura firefighters knock down flames engulfing a barn and sheds located on his acreage north of Ventura. - Photo by Mike Quinn, Ventura Fire Department. 

Four departments respond to barn, field fire

A barn and two sheds were a complete loss after a controlled burn got out of control Monday afternoon south of Ventura.  

(Above) Sean Douglas, manager of sales and service at the new Old Dominion service center located in the new Courtway Park Development Subdivision just east of Interstate 35 off of Highway 122, watches as supervisor Will Trinidad tracks the movement of truck loads of goods shipped from the Clear Lake center. -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.

by Marianne Gasaway

A growing company has made Clear Lake part of its expanding national network of less-than-truckload (LTL) service centers.