Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

Three-year-old Aubrie Arnold, of Mason City, peers through the door in anticipation of her visit with Santa at his City Park house.  This is the final weekend Santa and Mrs. Claus will be in Clear Lake.  Be sure to get your Christmas wishes in between 1-4 p.m. each day.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy. Buy this photo click here

by Marianne Gasaway

The Clear Lake City Council unanimously approved a letter of intent Monday night to partner in the construction of a wellness and recreation center with the Clear Lake School District.

The project is part of an $18 million bond issue the school district is putting before voters March 3.

Two people were killed as the result of a wrong-way driver on Interstate 35, just north of Clear Lake, Wednesday morning, Dec. 11.

A report from the Iowa State Patrol states a van driven by 30-year-old Henry Robinson, of Newnan, Ga., was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of I-35 shortly after 9:45 a.m. and struck a pickup driven by 52-year-old Bryon Hendricks, of West Des Moines, near mile marker 196.  Robinson and Hendricks were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.

Three-year-old Aubrie Arnold, of Mason City, peers through the door in anticipation of her visit with Santa at his City Park house.  This is the final weekend Santa and Mrs. Claus will be in Clear Lake.  Be sure to get your Christmas wishes in between 1-4 p.m. each day.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy. Buy this photo click here