Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

(Above) The Island Queen - The Island Queen was brought to Clear Lake in 1873. The boat was kept busy carrying passengers to and from the island, which was a playground for summer visitors and Clear Lake residents, and is where the famous Island House was located.  The boat was the second steamboat on the lake.  She was 47 ft. long, 9 ft. wide and 5 ft.

(Above) High winds caused plenty of damage around the Sea Wall area, including a large tree going down and damage to a dock.  An empty boat did not ride the storm out well, as it was thrown into the sea wall countless times during the storm.  -Reporter photos by Chris Barragy

The anticipated future development of city-owned property on South 15th Street continues to move ahead, as the City Council has approved resolution of necessity for the project and set a public hearing for June 4.

Earlier this month city leaders enthusiastically approved of the idea to accept proposals for the sale and redevelopment of a city-owned property at 100 S. 15th St.  The property includes three 50-foot lots and one 40-foot lot, between Main Avenue and 2nd Avenue South; each lot is 120-feet deep.

The corner of 8th Street and Main Avenue, Clear Lake, is being readied to become home to a Freedom Rock®.

Iowa native Ray Michael Sorensen II, better known as ‘Bubba,’ will travel to Clear Lake in August to paint a rock, unique to Cerro Gordo County, on the site.  The work will become one of the more than 70 rocks which are being planned in each of Iowa’s 99 counties.  As of mid-May 2017, Freedom Rocks have been completed, or booked, in all but four Iowa counties.