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Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa    Music.”  Several  Mason  City  buildings   By the Numbers
        has a reputation for quality and a total   feature the work of artist Bob White,
        dedication  to  excellence,  and Mason   who developed and perfected the fused
        City Clinic offers access to medical   glass technique.
        specialists providing a range of services
        in one convenient location. With many        WE HAVE EDUCATION                             641
        additional  choices  in  family clinics,   10OPPORTUNITIES FOR                         = our area code
        dentists, chiropractors and more, you   EVERYONE.
        can feel safe knowing you are in good
        hands in North Iowa!                 From the youngest students to lifelong
                                             learners, North Iowa has many options             43,662
                                             for educational advancement. Voluntary      = population of Mason City &
           BUSINESS IS BOOMING.              free four-year-old preschool programs
        7            Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa   are available, thanks to partnerships   Clear Lake combined
        is  the county’s largest  employer,   with the Mason City Community School
        but Fortune 500 companies such as    District. Students in our public schools
        McKesson, Kraft Heinz, Cargill, Principal   consistently see high test scores, and        57.6
        Financial  Group,  Smithfield,  and   parents have several private school
        Wells  Fargo are  also  well-established   options as well! North Iowa Area      = beautiful parkland acres in
        as employers of choice.  Metalcraft,   Community College is ranked in the top              East Park
        Kingland Systems, and Woodharbor are   10 percent of all community colleges in
        local firms with a global impact.  Lehigh   the nation, and Iowa universities  are
        Cement operations are a reminder of   now offering Master’s degree programs
        Mason City’s roots in the cement and   in Mason City.                                  52,344
        brick & tile industry.                                                         = total $$ John Dillinger stole in
                                                                                            the 1934 robbery of the
            LIVE LIKE YOU’RE ON                                                               First National Bank
        8VACATION.
        Clear Lake boasts a beautiful 3,684
        acre lake, perfect for boating and
        swimming in the summer or ice fishing                                                      457
        in the winter. Lime Creek Nature Center                                           = the engine number of the
        features miles of hiking trails and                                                historic steam locomotive
        outdoor  activities.  Anglers  enjoy  year-                                              preserved by
        round  fishing  fun  on  Clear  Lake,  Big                                            Friends of the 457
        Blue, and along the Winnebago River.
        Golfers enjoy hitting the links on several
        quality courses around the North Iowa
        area. Miles and miles of bike trails                                                       40
        connect Mason City and Clear Lake, and                                             = properties listed on the
        our streets are lined with “sharrows” to                                              National Register of
        remind vehicles to “share” the road.
                                                                                                Historic Places

            ART IS EVERYWHERE.
        9 Take a stroll downtown, and
        you’ll bump across the many outdoor                                                       32.5
        sculptures that line our streets. The
        Charles H. MacNider Art Museum                                                  = miles of marked Bike Routes
        features an impressive collection of                                                    in Mason City
        American art, including the dancing
        marionettes  used  in  “The  Sound  of


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