07 December 2020
Santa Claus is coming to Charles City on Saturday!

Santa Claus is coming to Charles City on Saturday!


To The Press Santa Claus will be making an appearance in Charles City Saturday morning, Dec. 12 — on the back of a fire truck. The Charles Cit...
GROB: Merry Christmas from my penguin and me

GROB: Merry Christmas from my penguin and me


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com I have an 8-foot inflatable penguin named Opus, and Opus and I want you to have a Merry Christmas. Opu...
McQuillen Place bankruptcy trustee wants to sell related lawsuits

McQuillen Place bankruptcy trustee wants to sell related lawsuits


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com The trustee in the McQuillen Place Co. bankruptcy procedure wants to “sell” three lawsuits and se...
 
03 December 2020
New youth coordinator begins work at Floyd County ISU Extension office

New youth coordinator begins work at Floyd County ISU Extension office


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com Erica Holliday hit the ground running on Wednesday, her first day on the job as the new youth coordinator a...
Effort to save Charles City depot announces major challenge gift

Effort to save Charles City depot announces major challenge gift


To The Press Efforts to save the historic Milwaukee Road railroad depot in Charles City received a major boost with an offer announced by a Charles...
Chicago architect sues Charles City bank, claiming ‘piracy’ over its plans for McQuillen place

Chicago architect sues Charles City bank, claiming ‘piracy’ over its plans for McQuillen place


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com The company which designed and helped start building what was then known as the McQuillen Place in ...
 
‘Presents for Residents’ arranging Christmas packages for Charles City and Nashua care facility folks

‘Presents for Residents’ arranging Christmas packages for Charles City and Nashua care facility folks


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com Wendy Luft, Cedar Valley Iowa Realty and several other groups and individuals are working to make sure th...
School district adjusts quarantine policy to match revised CDC guidelines

School district adjusts quarantine policy to match revised CDC guidelines


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its quarantine guidelines this week for p...
02 December 2020
Kuhn returns to supervisors meeting, recommends actions against COVID-19

Kuhn returns to supervisors meeting, recommends actions against COVID-19


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com A former supervisor returned to the Floyd County Board of Supervisors meeting this week, again confro...
 
30 November 2020
Charles City the site for ‘More BS’ as bottles and cans have a place to go again

Charles City the site for ‘More BS’ as bottles and cans have a place to go again


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com The mother and daughter business team of Bobbi Rowe and Stacy Lentz decided to bring their BS to Charles ...