23 May 2018
TERPSTRA: Time to get a new haircut

TERPSTRA: Time to get a new haircut


By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com Time. It’s really all we have in the end if you think about it — at least on this earth. ...
17 May 2018

Letter to the Editor: Seeking musical members for municipal band


By The Charles City Municipal Band Board of Directors, Charles City To all area instrumentalists: The Charles City Municipal Band invites you to jo...

City Notes: The relationship between housing and economic development


By Tim Fox, Executive director, Charles City Economic Development Corp. In 1998 a distinguished colleague of mine, one of the foremost economic devel...
 
11 May 2018

Weekly Word: The Gardener


By Coulter Page, Senior Pastor Bethany Alliance Church Do I have any gardeners reading this right now? I am an amateur vegetable gardener myself. Jus...

The Weekly Word: The preacher boy and the tornado


By Pastor Michael Downey, Charles City Free Church It was late afternoon on a cold wintry day in Charles City, as I followed the elderly man into his...
10 May 2018
Terpstra: Northern Exposure

Terpstra: Northern Exposure


 By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com I am fascinated by location. It could be a rocket defying gravity, propelling itself amongst ...
 
GROB: Some thoughts about mothers, JFK, Superman and soup

GROB: Some thoughts about mothers, JFK, Superman and soup


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com On November 22, 1963, JFK was murdered and the whole world was saddened and shocked. And my mom got her pi...
03 May 2018

Letter to the Editor: Bond referendum result reasonable


By William Cavanaugh, Charles City I feel we have had the most reasonable bond vote in a long time. Supervisor Linda Tjaden and Sheriff Jeff Crooks...

City Notes: Spring, at last!


By Steve Lindaman, Charles City Parks and Recreation Director Charles City’s parks and other outdoor attractions have much to offer residents Fina...
 
02 May 2018

Letter to the Editor: Agrees on one-world danger


By Jeff Bergstrom, Charles City I must comment on the letter by David Payne. He is absolutely right, 100 percent, in what he said about a one-world g...