Local News

Vacant lot adjoining Central Gardens up for sale

Wednesday, 21 March 2012 10:36

Gardens Board will discuss $335,000 asking price

    The owner of vacant property adjacent to Central Gardens of North Iowa has placed the one-plus acre lot for sale.
    Donna Eckard, of Lake Iowa Realty, said Monday that the owners of the property, Burns & Burns Architects, of

Iowa City, are seeking $335,000 for the parcel.  Burns & Burns purchased the former Central School building

Lake teens injured in van rollover returning from mission trip

Wednesday, 21 March 2012 10:34

A van carrying members of Zion Lutheran Church on a mission trip was involved in a serious accident Friday evening, March 16, in Oklahoma.
    Eighteen-year-old Mike Asbe sustained head injuries in the accident and was transported to Pauls Valley General Hospital in Pauls Valley, Okla., before being flown by helicopter to Norman Regional Hospital in Norman, Okla., according to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.  Asbe, a passenger in the van, was released from the

Family escapes mobile home fire

Wednesday, 21 March 2012 10:30

   The Clear Lake Fire department responded to a fire in a mobile home residence at 2400 South Shore Drive, Lot 104, Saturday at 2:15 p.m.
    The mobile home was occupied at the time of the fire by the owner Tiffany Christine Krominga-Wright, 26, and Jonathon Byron Wright, 27, and their infant daughter, Jayna Ann Wright. All escaped the home without

The changing face of Clear Lake

Wednesday, 21 March 2012 10:22

Days after Lincoln School was razed, another longtime Clear Lake building came down Tuesday.  The Fredriksen Welding Shop at 209 1st Ave. S., and annex building to the east were torn down by a crew from Nettleton Excavating to make room