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Clear Lake's annual Color the Wind Kite Festival had to be canceled this year due to thin ice.
Madeleine King
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Iowa Public Radio
The Color the Wind Kite Festival in Clear Lake takes place on the lake's frozen surface, which has thinned near the shore due to unseasonably warm weather. The unsafe ice conditions have caused the event organizers to cancel this year’s festival.

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