20 December 2017

City Notes: Remember the importance of shopping locally


By Tim Fox, Executive Director, Charles City Area Development Corp. The Iowa Department of Revenue has released its “Retail Sales and Use Tax Annua...

Column: Happy Christmas to all, and to all, a good write


By Kate Hayden, khayden@charlescitypress.com A $29,000 degree and a distinguished two-year career in community journalism later, I’ve learned Iâ€...
14 December 2017

City Notes: Charles City: A place to build bridges


By Jim Erb, Charles City mayor After 22 years of writing articles for this column, the time has come to move on to the next chapter. First of all I o...
 
13 December 2017

Letter to the Editor: Climate change is real


By Jim Sanner, Charles City Climate change is real. Climate change is also a major player in the resulting global warming trend. Efforts to minimi...
06 December 2017

Letter to the Editor: Thanks for extended leaf pickup in Charles City


By Jim Sanner Charles City Thanks to our friends at the Street Department for the e-x-t-e-n-d-e-d grace period for the lead pickup these past fe...

Letter to the Editor: Hospice meets needs of patients, families


By Judy Hauser, Julie Betsinger, John Flint, Steph Hanson, Gladys Kellogg, Chuck LeMaster, Mary Mooberry, Myrna Pitkin, Rod Rindahl, Myrna Ross and ...
 
Guest View: Latest news with Lauer breaches the TV-smashing point

Guest View: Latest news with Lauer breaches the TV-smashing point


By Kate Hayden, khayden@charlescitypress.com I am ready to smash a TV. As much as I like Savannah Guthrie, I am ready to lovingly sharpen an axe ...
30 November 2017

Letter to the Editor: Questions climate change story


Don Tumilson, Charles City In the Oct. 31, 2017, Press was an article that doctors claimed that global warming was taking a toll on people's health. ...
01 November 2017

Letter to the Editor: Supports Andrews for mayor


By Bruce and Chris Eldridge, Charles City   We are so pleased to write this letter in support of Dean Andrews, candidate for mayor of Charles City...
 

Letter to the Editor: Non-combat veterans also deserve recognition


By David Payne, Charles City, USAF, 1962-1966 During the wars and after the end we have general public recognition of the men that have served in...