06 June 2019
Simply Essentials closing Charles City plant in August

Simply Essentials closing Charles City plant in August


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com Three years after Simply Essentials announced it would be purchasing and reopening a chicken proces...
GROB: ‘Back in Black’ with an old buddy

GROB: ‘Back in Black’ with an old buddy


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com Last Friday night, I was ringing “Hell’s Bells.” As the song goes, I wasn’t taking prisoners, an...
05 June 2019
Students from different worlds share a common bond in Charles City

Students from different worlds share a common bond in Charles City


By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com Sofia Rojas Lozano loves American macaroni and cheese. Nathalie Abel enjoys watching Disney mo...
 
Moore sentenced to probation for sax theft

Moore sentenced to probation for sax theft


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com A Charles City man who pleaded guilty to stealing a saxophone from the YMCA has been given a five-yea...
Service to be held for Alta Vista baby victim

Service to be held for Alta Vista baby victim


By Bob Fenske, editor@nhtrib.com The idea is simple yet twofold: Give baby Sterling Koehn the memorial service he deserves and bring healing to a com...
TERPSTRA – I’m no Indiana Jones

TERPSTRA – I’m no Indiana Jones


I’ve always been a sucker for sentiment. I won’t go as far to say that nostalgia runs deep through my veins – but I’ve always been a fi...
 
04 June 2019
Area farmers remain ’resilient’ during difficult planting season

Area farmers remain ’resilient’ during difficult planting season


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com Despite one of the most difficult planting seasons in memory, Terry Basol said that area farmers are determ...
Council finalizes new AMR contract with city

Council finalizes new AMR contract with city


By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com The Charles City Council approved a contract Monday evening for services from AMR ambulance service...
Spring cleaning

Spring cleaning


Members of the Charles City Lions Club grabbed some tools and quickly got to work on Monday afternoon, cleaning up the Willson-Lorber Lions Club R...
 
Still time to register for Smoke on the Cedar BBQ competition in Charles City

Still time to register for Smoke on the Cedar BBQ competition in Charles City


To The Press Think you know your way around a barbecue? Registrations are still being accepted for the 2019 Smoke on the Cedar BBQ competition t...