Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

It isn’t necessarily the win that seniors on the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura football team will remember from their final game.  Their actions before the first whistle are still causing a stir in the school, community and beyond.

Property owners along the Venetian Canal on the northwest portion of Clear Lake are hopeful they will receive approval from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to proceed with self-funding the dredging of the canal.

Mike Schweizer, a representative of the homeowners association for Venetian Canal residents, attended a public meeting with the DNR Oct. 16, to share the frustrations that group has experienced for more than three years.

A Clear Lake Police Officer was injured early Friday morning, Oct. 20, while attempting to stop a fight at the Pilot Travel Center, 2411 Highway 18 East in Clear Lake.

The Clear Lake City Council has passed a no-smoking ordinance for its City parks and additional public outdoor spaces.  However, the ordinance underwent some last minute revisions prior to a 3-2 passage.  Smoke-less tobacco was removed from the proposed ordinance.