Clear Lake News

Schools across the country are being challenged to step up with the times. The old way of reading and writing in the classroom may soon be out the window.

Some north Iowans are heading to Washington D.C. to advocate for issues the area is facing.

People taking part in the Frostbite Festival topped off Saturday by going back in time, to 1959, and hearing the music of Buddy Holly at A Center for the Arts.

The fun thing about metal fabrication is how a fabricator's vocation can also be part of his or her fascination.

Today is Friday, February 3, the 34th day of the year. Today's Top Headlines Today's Weather Friday: Sunny, with a high near 45.

Educators, challenge your students to learn vital Web research skills and study an event in history with the On This Day Challenge.

Concrete kahn-KREET Naming a real thing or class of things; formed by coalition of particles into one solid mass; relating to or involving specific people, things or actions rather than general ideas or qualities; relating to or made of concrete - www.merriam-webster.com This site holds astronomical data from the world's biggest telescopes.

Richie Valens , Buddy Holly and J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson were killed in an airplane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

In 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper made what ended up being their last public appearances at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa.

Authorities say a sheriff's deputy tried to pull over 22 year old Christopher Michael Grover, of Dumont, for a traffic violation around 1:30am Tuesday in Clear Lake.

The 2010 health-care overhaul creates state-based health plans for those who have medical conditions that make them uninsurable in the private market.

Come this spring, some students in the Mason City and Clear Lake schools districts could be taking a new ride to school...on a walking school bus.

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa - Iowa officials say the aeration system on Clear Lake won't be used for the rest of the winter.

Alan was born in 1948 and lived his first year at Michigan State University thanks to the GI Bill and parents eager to learn horticulture.

Trial is set for a Mason City man accused of attacking his parents in their Clear Lake home last month.

Law enforcement around the area are cracking down on drivers tonight in a joint project.

The Iowa State Patrol says the 73-year-old driver of a semitrailer has died following a crash near Clear Lake.

Law enforcement around the area are cracking down on drivers tonight in a joint project.

Super-PAC 'im: Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich waves while walking in a Fourth of July parade in Clear Lake, Iowa last summer.

On January 3, 2012, parents and students at Clear Lake High School were told that a large number of students were suspected of cheating on the English IV final exam.