Let’s Bring the Kentucky Derby style and flair to North Iowa! BY: RACHEL WUMKES The North Iowa Events Center is more than just the home of the North Iowa Fair. With various buildings on site, they are capable of hosting vendor shows, weddings, and even livestock shows. Until recently, it was also home of various hockey...
Clear Lake is OPEN for visitors! BY: RACHEL WUMKES Celebrated each year during the first week of May, Travel & Tourism Week is an annual tradition for the United States travel community. During this time, travel and tourism professionals far and wide unite to celebrate the value travel holds for our economy,...
The Lady of the Lake: Celebrating 35 years in Clear Lake BY: RACHEL WUMKES Looking across the water on a sunny, summer day in Clear Lake, there’s a chance you will see one of the most iconic sights in the area – The Lady of the Lake. The beautiful paddlewheel ferry was built in 1960. Its original use was to transport...
BY: RACHEL WUMKES This time of each year is such an odd feeling. Summer sports are over, the thrill of “school’s out for summer” has faded a bit into the background of life. Children hang in that precarious area where they might be slightly excited for the upcoming school year… though they’d never admit it. And the...
BY: RACHEL WUMKES I was on a walk one day, the byproduct of needing to get out of my house after days on end of being cooped up during the thick of the pandemic hysteria. As a writer, walking has always been my trick to get over a case of “the block.” Writer’s Block, that is. It’s a nasty feeling, sitting in front of a...
BY: RACHEL WUMKES It’s no secret there are a slew of excellent places to eat, drink and be merry in Clear Lake. I could create lists upon lists upon lists, to be honest. This quaint little oasis is bursting at the seams with establishments who serve all your favorite food and drinks while enjoying your time at the Lake....
