Krefft competes in Iowa Shrine Bowl

Published by admin on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 7:52pm

The Iowa Shrine Bowl was played July 24th at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The all-star game featuring Iowa’s best senior high school football players was back after missing last year due to the pandemic.

The North squad, which included Clear Lake High School’s Carson Krefft, picked up the victory, 52-24. 

CLHS Dance Team earns awards at MA Dance Camp in Des Moines

Published by admin on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 7:51pm

The Clear Lake High School Dance Team attended MA Dance Camp in Des Moines, Iowa, July 16-17.  The team participated in various classes focused on technique, and learning various styled routines.

Throughout the weekend dancers earned various individual honors:

•Rising Star Awards: Mikara DeVine, Lillianna Rodriquez, Ariana Tolentino, Aubrey Johnstone, Kaylee Schaefer, Kara Ourverson, Mariposa Coleman, Kylie Harrison, Avah Hogg, and Grace Golman.

CLHS Dance Team earns awards at MA Dance Camp in Des Moines

Published by admin on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 7:51pm

The Clear Lake High School Dance Team attended MA Dance Camp in Des Moines, Iowa, July 16-17.  The team participated in various classes focused on technique, and learning various styled routines.

Throughout the weekend dancers earned various individual honors:

•Rising Star Awards: Mikara DeVine, Lillianna Rodriquez, Ariana Tolentino, Aubrey Johnstone, Kaylee Schaefer, Kara Ourverson, Mariposa Coleman, Kylie Harrison, Avah Hogg, and Grace Golman.

173° Craft Distillery will bring the fun to downtown Clear Lake in 2022

Published by admin on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 7:28pm

by Michelle Watson

[caption id="attachment_64596" align="alignleft" width="300"] A conceptual drawing of the new 173° Distillery under construction at 306 1st Ave. N. The new business is expected to open in summer 2022.[/caption]

173° Craft Distillery will bring the fun to downtown Clear Lake in 2022

Published by admin on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 7:28pm

by Michelle Watson

[caption id="attachment_64596" align="alignleft" width="300"] A conceptual drawing of the new 173° Distillery under construction at 306 1st Ave. N. The new business is expected to open in summer 2022.[/caption]

Iowa’s vanished prairie heritage

Published by admin on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 7:25pm

(Above) A bumblebee collects pollen from a stand of purple prairie clover. -Photo by Lowell Washburn.

by Lowell Washburn

“There was nothing to see but prairie, green stretches of grassland rolling quietly outward ‘till lost in the haze that trembled on the horizon.” – 

Those words are excerpted from the 1870’s logbook of Norwegian immigrant, Laurence Larson upon his arrival in Winnebago County, Iowa.

Iowa’s vanished prairie heritage

Published by admin on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 7:25pm

(Above) A bumblebee collects pollen from a stand of purple prairie clover. -Photo by Lowell Washburn.

by Lowell Washburn

“There was nothing to see but prairie, green stretches of grassland rolling quietly outward ‘till lost in the haze that trembled on the horizon.” – 

Those words are excerpted from the 1870’s logbook of Norwegian immigrant, Laurence Larson upon his arrival in Winnebago County, Iowa.

Grant pursued to create apartments above former drug store

Published by admin on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 7:21pm

by Marianne Gasaway

The new owners of an iconic downtown Clear Lake building hope to qualify for a new state grant created to support rehabilitation of upper story housing in downtowns.

Grant pursued to create apartments above former drug store

Published by admin on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 7:21pm

by Marianne Gasaway

The new owners of an iconic downtown Clear Lake building hope to qualify for a new state grant created to support rehabilitation of upper story housing in downtowns.

Evening Lions getting ready for hamburger, sweet corn feed Aug. 8

Published by admin on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 7:17pm

After Covid-19 forced cancellation of last year’s event, the annual Clear Lake Evening Lions Club Hamburger and Sweetcorn Feast is returning.  It’s scheduled for 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 8, in Clear Lake City Park. Last year’s cancellation  decision came after 32 consecutive years of conducting this popular community event.

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