Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

Presenting banker Craig Braget, SVP & CFO at MBT Bank, presented Julia Merfeld, of Clear Lake High School, the 2020 Iowa Bankers Association Student Athlete Achievement Award for Class 3A.  -Submitted photo

(Above) Walden Condominium fire, 1995 - Firefighters had a difficult time attacking a fire in 1995 at the Walden Condominium units, in Ventura, because of the large degree of structural damage which occurred.  Floors and ceilings collapsed in some of the units, forcing firefighters to largely fight the blaze from the windows.  Ventura, Clear Lake and Garner firefighters were able to confine the heaviest damage to the center four units of the 10-unit complex.  Roughly 160,000 to 170,000 gallons of water were used to fight the fire.  Ventura’s water tower holds a

by Marianne Gasaway

Five members of the North Central Conference champion Clear Lake Lions have been named to All-conference teams, and for the first time in school history three Lion players were named to the First Team.  

Clear Lake junior Andrew Formanek was one of three unanimous selections to the NCC First Team.  He was joined on the First Team by senior Jaylen DeVries and sophomore Carson Toebe.

Following Sunday’s announcements from Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, all spring activities of Iowa’s high school Unified Activities partners – the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, the Iowa High School Athletic Association, the Iowa High School Music Association, and the Iowa High School Speech Association – will be prohibited through the state’s K-12 school recommended closure of four weeks.