Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

Clear Lake Mirror Reporter The first Clear Lake newspaper was the Independent, established by Silas Noyes and John M. Brainard. The first issue bore the date, February 10, 1860. George E.

Its publication was continued for about a year, when it was moved to Hancock Country. The Observer was then established in 1869. Frost was the first proprietor of the Observer. After two years of editorship he sold the office to Judge M.P. Rosecrans who made the paper entirely independent, in tone and sentiment, where before it had been strongly republican. Mr. Rosecrans soon sold the office to pa

rties in Belmond. Frost then purchased a new outfit and for 6 or 7 years was the editor. In 1879 he sold to Mr. Bush who changed the name to the Clear Lake Mirror. In April 1896, J.C. Davenport established another weekly paper here which he called the Clear Lake Reporter. These two weekly newspapers combined under one ownership with the Reporter buying the Mirror in 1951. They operated as twin weeklies with the Mirror published on Tuesdays and the Reporter on Fridays until January 1955 when the two joined together to become the Mirror and Reporter. The Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter has been under current ownership since 1983 when a corporation was formed as Prefin, Inc. The team of Dave Presler and Michael Finnegan comprised the business which also owned other area newspapers. Presler moved on from the company and focus was placed to ownership of the Clear Lake paper by Finnegan, selling off the other newspapers and concentrating all his efforts into the newspaper as it currently stands. Below is the staff of the Mirror-Reporter which is now a weekly, publishing on Wednesdays.

09/04/2026
Tennis sweeps through the competitionLast week was about as good as it could get for the Clear Lake girls’ tennis team. ...
09/04/2026

Tennis sweeps through the competition

Last week was about as good as it could get for the Clear Lake girls’ tennis team. They picked up a trio of wins to improve their win total to four in the young season.

Knights blank PanthersA strong effort on defense this past Friday night helped the Newman Catholic Knights blank the Cen...
09/03/2026

Knights blank Panthers

A strong effort on defense this past Friday night helped the Newman Catholic Knights blank the Central Springs Panthers, 24-0 to begin the 2026 football season.

North Iowa Regional Marketing Summit coming to the Surf Ballroom October 13Marketing is changing quickly, but some of th...
09/03/2026

North Iowa Regional Marketing Summit coming to the Surf Ballroom October 13

Marketing is changing quickly, but some of the best ideas still come from getting in a room with other people doing the work.

The Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and Greater Mason City Chamber of Commerce are bringing those conversations together at the inaugural North Iowa Regional Marketing Summit, Tuesday, October 13, at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake.

https://www.clreporter.com/articles/clear-lake-mirror-reporter/north-iowa-regional-marketing-summit-coming-to-the-surf-ballroom-october-13/?pubid=mirrorreporter

Allow me to introduce myselfby Craig Shultz: Sports EditorSome people may have noticed a new face on the sideline this p...
09/03/2026

Allow me to introduce myself
by Craig Shultz: Sports Editor

Some people may have noticed a new face on the sideline this past Friday night at Forest City with a camera. That would be me, Craig, the new sports editor. It was a fun experience getting my first taste of sports up here in Clear Lake, but I’d like to introduce myself with this piece today.

Some people may have noticed a new face on the sideline this past Friday night at Forest City with a camera. That would be me, Craig, the new sports editor. It was a fun experience getting my first taste of sports up here in Clear Lake, but I’d like to introduce myself with this piece today.  I.....

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