Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

(Above) Donald Trump signed posters and spent a few minutes with those at the Surf prior to getting back on the campaign trail in January 2016.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.

Clear Lake was, indeed, a microcosm of the nation during 2016.

Erin O’Tool (left) and Parker Truesdell, both members of the Clear Lake High School Class of 2016, were honored as 4x4 Award winners at the Dec. 19 boys basketball game vs. Mason City.  To be eligible for the 4x4 Award student athletes must have competed in four sports all four years of high school.  -Reporter photo

by Michelle Watson

Willy Green has had a lot of practice telling stories.  His children and grandchildren have mainly been the benefactors of his storytelling skills, but now, thanks to some help from his daughter, Amy Palmer, everyone can experience Willy’s imagination.

Grant will bring Edible Landscape idea to Clear Lake, North Iowa

The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health was recently awarded a $4,254 grant from The Wellmark Foundation to fund their Edible Landscapes project. Grants were awarded to projects intended to make Iowa communities more active or improve access to healthy foods. To receive this grant, community support needed to be shown through voting. The community pulled through and voted for the county’s project through Facebook.