Practical Farmers of Iowa addresses farm transfer issue
Practical Farmers of Iowa addresses farm transfer issue By Wendy Johnson | Guest Columnist Thank you for printing the article from the Iowan, “H...
08 August 2016
Practical Farmers of Iowa addresses farm transfer issue
Practical Farmers of Iowa addresses farm transfer issue By Wendy Johnson | Guest Columnist Thank you for printing the article from the Iowan, “H...
24 July 2016
Letter to the editor: Prichard helped save the fair
By Matt Ross, Charles City I am writing this letter to give my support to my friend and fellow Army veteran Todd Prichard in his bid for re-electio...
14 July 2016
FOIA at 50: Has the Sunshine Law’s promise been fulfilled?
FOIA at 50: Has the Sunshine Law’s promise been fulfilled? This is a prepared statement by Sen. Chuck Grassley for a hearing on Tuesday, July 1...
Bigger houses, smaller lots
A MOMENT OF CENSUS This is from Random Samplings, the official blog of the U.S. Census Bureau. Bigger houses, smaller lots The housing cris...
Letter to the editor: Ammo laws seem strange
It seems strange that a terrorist can legally have a 30-bullet clip to shoot people and hunters are restricted to three shells in their gun to shoot...
30 June 2016
Want Comet soccer? Let’s talk next Wednesday at the College Grounds
I have this vision in my head. I’m sitting at a stand of the sort the Peanuts character Lucy sat at to deliver advice to Charlie Brown. On the fr...
23 June 2016
City Notes: Charles City continues to face water issues
By Charles City Mayor Jim Erb As we reach the beginning of summer, we continue to expand our community offerings. As part of the Charles City Chall...
22 June 2016
Trump is no Ronald Reagan
By Kent Bush | publisher of Shawnee (Oklahoma) News-Star The number of people who are trying to equate Donald Trump’s political rise to Ro...
An alternative awaits CC baseball
This weekend, I walked the outfield of Nashua-Plainfield High School’s home baseball diamond. It was a little rutted here and there, which makes for...
21 June 2016
Unfiltered political press releases: Grassley, Ernst, Judge and Weaver
These are unedited bodies of news releases sent by politicians representing our area or candidates for those offices. Monday, June 20 From Sen. ...
