‘Sage of Charles City’ reads latest script
About a dozen local patrons of the arts gathered to listen to Charles City playwright Conrad “Dugan” Thompson, as he held a reading of his 29th ...
03 June 2018
‘Sage of Charles City’ reads latest script
About a dozen local patrons of the arts gathered to listen to Charles City playwright Conrad “Dugan” Thompson, as he held a reading of his 29th ...
Summer vacation gets started with first ‘Party in the Park’
By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com “PV and the Phantoms” jammed to some classic rock, kids played all kinds of games and adults kicked b...
FarmChem in Floyd receives Renew Rural Iowa Award
By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com FarmChem in Floyd received a giant honor recently, heralded as a company that is making a big impact in s...
Despite snowy spring, crops are planted and soil conditions are good
By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com Farmers were getting a little nervous in April, but they recovered quickly in May. According to Terry Ba...
01 June 2018
31 May 2018
Charley Western Bridge readies for reconstruction
By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com Charles City is moving along with plans to remove and replace the crumbling Charley Western Trai...
New superintendent hitting the ground running
By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com Mike Fisher said his first priority as Charles City superintendent of schools will be to establish relation...
Election Tuesday, June 5, will pick party nominations
By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com Political party voters will choose their candidates for the fall election on Tuesday, June 5, when Io...
Small-town stories inspire the writing of ‘The Sage of Charles City’
By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com About five years ago, the urge to write plays hit Conrad Thompson like a bolt of lightning. “That’s ...
GROB: Hit by a small-town crime wave
By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com Somebody stole our cans. My wife and I have only lived in this little town for about nine months now, and ...
