Remember When 6-28-2017

Published by admin on Wed, 06/28/2017 - 4:24pm

(Above) Clear Lake parade, 1908 - Here comes the parade on July 4, 1908.  Clear Lakers marched or rode down the middle of Main Street in all of their glory during the most anticipated holiday in Clear Lake.  The photo was taken by a local photographer, Phil Bench, and came from a scrapbook of Mrs. A.E. (Ed) Nelson.

25 Years Ago

June 1992

Betty Sherman honored to be chosen as Grand Marshal

Published by admin on Wed, 06/28/2017 - 4:19pm

(Above) Betty Sherman poses with her three sons, Tom, Bob, and John Sherman (Left to right).

Betty Sherman has thousands of reasons to look forward to this year’s Fourth of July parade - and they will be lining Main Avenue.

Betty Sherman honored to be chosen as Grand Marshal

Published by admin on Wed, 06/28/2017 - 4:19pm

(Above) Betty Sherman poses with her three sons, Tom, Bob, and John Sherman (Left to right).

Betty Sherman has thousands of reasons to look forward to this year’s Fourth of July parade - and they will be lining Main Avenue.

Viola M. Jaspersen

Published by admin on Wed, 06/28/2017 - 4:19pm

Viola Mae Jaspersen, age 92, of Thornton, Iowa, was called to heaven Friday, June 23, 2017, at the Sheffield Care Center, Sheffield, Iowa, where she had been a resident.  Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 29, 2017, at St. Pauls’ Lutheran Church, Thornton, Iowa.  Pastor Rhea Evanson will be officiating.  Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery, Thornton. Visitation will be on Wednesday, June 28, at the church from 4-7 p.m.

Viola M. Jaspersen

Published by admin on Wed, 06/28/2017 - 4:19pm

Viola Mae Jaspersen, age 92, of Thornton, Iowa, was called to heaven Friday, June 23, 2017, at the Sheffield Care Center, Sheffield, Iowa, where she had been a resident.  Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 29, 2017, at St. Pauls’ Lutheran Church, Thornton, Iowa.  Pastor Rhea Evanson will be officiating.  Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery, Thornton. Visitation will be on Wednesday, June 28, at the church from 4-7 p.m.

Opportunity Village to move forward as “One Vision”

Published by admin on Wed, 06/28/2017 - 4:18pm

(Above) CEO Jeff Nichols, OV Board President Vickie Snyder, and Chief Development Officer Michael Mahaffey display the new One Vision logo on a banner.  -Submitted photo

On June 20, Clear Lake-based nonprofit organization Opportunity Village, started a new chapter in its history as One Vision.

Opportunity Village to move forward as “One Vision”

Published by admin on Wed, 06/28/2017 - 4:18pm

(Above) CEO Jeff Nichols, OV Board President Vickie Snyder, and Chief Development Officer Michael Mahaffey display the new One Vision logo on a banner.  -Submitted photo

On June 20, Clear Lake-based nonprofit organization Opportunity Village, started a new chapter in its history as One Vision.

Celebrate the 4th of July with a Clear Lake Snapchat filter

Published by admin on Wed, 06/28/2017 - 4:17pm

by Alli Weaver

Clear Lake visitors and residents can show their pride in Clear Lake and the United States during this year’s July 4th Celebration with the Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter’s Snapchat filter.

Anyone with the Snapchat app connected to the user location can use the filter to show their friends where they are and what Clear Lake’s festivities are like.

Celebrate the 4th of July with a Clear Lake Snapchat filter

Published by admin on Wed, 06/28/2017 - 4:17pm

by Alli Weaver

Clear Lake visitors and residents can show their pride in Clear Lake and the United States during this year’s July 4th Celebration with the Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter’s Snapchat filter.

Anyone with the Snapchat app connected to the user location can use the filter to show their friends where they are and what Clear Lake’s festivities are like.

Overturned semi trailer kills 50 hogs in Ventura

Published by admin on Wed, 06/28/2017 - 4:16pm

by Alli Weaver

On June 26 at approximately 9:58 p.m., Cerro Gordo Sheriff’s Office responded to the 1000 block of 210th street in Ventura for an overturned semi.

Luis Valle, of Ankeny, Iowa was driving the 2017 Volvo tractor truck. The semi’s trailer was fully loaded with approximately 150 hogs.

Traveling south on Apple Avenue in Ventura, Valle turned the vehicle east onto 210th Street. During the turn, the trailer, full of hogs, left the roadway and overturned to its side into the ditch.

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