Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

Larry Day, founder of the Color of the Wind Kite Festival, took advantage of warm termpatures and light winds to fly his new kite, “Wanda,” near downtown Clear Lake on Friday.  Larry and Kay Day recently announced the 2020 Color The Wind kite festival will be held Saturday, Feb. 15.  At that time, Wanda will be joined by dozens of other sea creatures, teddy bears, horses and maybe even a flying pig!  Don’t miss it! - Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.

(Above) Christmas came early for Eric Perry (right) as his friend, Brent Rolland, donated a kidney to him.  -Reporter photo by Michelle Watson

Clear Lake friends unite to battle kidney disease

by Michelle Watson

Unseasonably warm weather has delayed the implementation of Clear Lake’s aeration system, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

“Due to the weather forecast this past weekend and this coming week, I decided to wait on the downtown system until cold temps come,” said DNR Fisheries Biologist Scott Grummer.  “Looking at the 10-day forecast, I will likely wait until after Jan 1 to initiate that system.”

Donor drops gold coin in red kettle

The Salvation Army is excited to announce that a gold Kruggerand coin was dropped in a bucket this past weekend.

Captain Kenyon Sivels, from The Salvation Army in Mason City, said someone put a 1982 South African Krugerrand coin in a kettle at Hy-Vee East sometime between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday.  The Rock Sirius Lodge was manning the kettle at the time.