Mason City High School graduation 2021 - in line
Students line up to receive their diplomas at a commencement ceremony in Mason City on Sunday. LISA GROUETTE - Globe Gazette
Mason City High School graduation 2021 - honors
Mason City students are recocnized for their achievements during a commencement ceremony on Sunday. LISA GROUETTE - Globe Gazette
Mason City High School graduation 2021 - choir
The Mason City High School choir sings the school s official song during a commencement ceremony on Sunday. LISA GROUETTE - Globe Gazette
Mason City High School graduation 2021 LISA GROUETTE - Globe Gazette LISA GROUETTE - Globe Gazette LISA GROUETTE - Globe Gazette
Clear Lake
VFW Saratoga Post 4868 is hosting a Memorial Day program starting at 9:30 a.m., May 31 at the seawall. The Clear Lake High School band will perform the National Anthem and the Navy Hymn. Local veterans will offer the welcome, opening prayer, and casting of the wreath.
Following the laying the wreath, ceremonies will move to Clear Lake Cemetery, where the CLHS band will play America, the Beautiful. Local veterans will provide opening remarks, the opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Speaker of the Day and Benediction. Roses will be laid by representatives of each conflict in which the US was involved.
October 14, 1929-May 24, 2021
CLEAR LAKE-On May 24, 2021, William L. Bill Nicholas, of Clear Lake, finished an amazing journey and immediately embarked on an even greater one.
Bill loved life and lived it zealously for over 91 years. A farmer for over 80 years in North Iowa, and 40 years in southern Florida, he pursued many other interests including: sailing, flying, music, traveling, and reading. In his spare time he started a bank in Clear Lake and was a founding board member of Guardsman Life Insurance Company in Des Moines. By far the most important thing to Bill was his family starting with his wife, Mary Lou. They recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in Florida. He was instrumental in helping his three boys and five grandchildren get established, not only in life, but in their chosen professions. Their love for him was evidenced by the fact that they all remained in Iowa. All three boys and four of his five grandchildren live within two miles of Bill and Mary