Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

Nadine Faye Weaver, 77, of Clear Lake, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City.

Per Nadine’s wishes, her body has been cremated, and a Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

Nadine was born Oct. 31, 1941, the daughter of Harold and Edna (Womack) Slagle in Riceville (Mitchell County, Iowa).  She married Richard Weaver, Sr. on April 12, 1959, in Clear Lake.  He preceded her in death on Nov. 1, 2002.

Nancy Sue (Craig) Thalacker passed away Friday, Jan. 25, 2019 at Knapp Medical Hospital in Weslaco, Texas at the age of 76 from complications of cancerous brain tumors.

Nancy was born Oct. 29, 1942 in Anamosa, Iowa. She was the daughter of Leslie Earl and Violet Virginia (Gilmore) Craig. They moved to Des Moines, Iowa in 1944, where she attended school.

(Above) The population of Ventura went up dramatically Saturday, as 308 teams of anglers rushed onto the ice for the Yellow Bass Bonanza.

Almost 1,800 pounds of fish reeled in Saturday

by Katie Behr

The wait was worth it, as the annual Jack races, held in honor of snowmobile enthusiast Jack Helgren, were held Saturday.  January conditions didn’t allow the races on the orginially scheduled date, but there was plenty of snow in February and more than 20-inches of ice.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.