Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

The ice on Clear Lake was officially called “in” on Dec. 8, 2016 by Paul J. Fredriksen, superintendent of the Clear Lake Water Department.

The date appears to be about average for the winter occurrance.  According to city records, the latest date on record for the lake to be declared iced-in is Dec. 24, 2001.  The earliest date on record is Nov. 4, 1991, which many recall as the year of the Halloween blizzard.

(Above) Clear Lake Police Department Dispatcher Whitney Hill helped Layla Jackson do some Christmas shopping Monday night at Larson’s Mercantile.  This was the third year for the Shop With A Police Officer event.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.

Christmas spirit was soaring Monday afternoon at Larson’s Mercantile, as the annual Shop with a Police Officer event filled the aisles.

A Clear Lake man convicted of going on a crime spree in  2014 was back in court Monday, Dec. 12, arguing that his sentencing was illegal.

Since 2010, volunteers at the Clear Lake Arts Center have been creating one-of-a-kind ornaments out of fused glass in the John Larsen Glass Studio as a thank you gift to people making a donation to the Arts Center’s Youth Arts Program. Over the years, these ornaments have obtained the title Art Angels, although at times they looked more like an elf or penguin than an angel. The title Art Angel is also given to the person making the donation, or the friend, or family member, in which the donation is honoring.