30 October 2017
More names added to Floyd County veterans monument

More names added to Floyd County veterans monument


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com Forty-six more names have been added to the rolls of honor on the Floyd County Veterans Memorial. ...
Student drone service offers sky-high perspective

Student drone service offers sky-high perspective


By Kate Hayden, khayden@charlescitypress.com For those interested in a bird's eye view, Charles City resident Carter West can assist. West is th...
Charles City alumnus, Vietnam veteran to speak on Veterans Day

Charles City alumnus, Vietnam veteran to speak on Veterans Day


Press staff report Charles City High School alumnus Steve Wikert, Class of 1969, will be the keynote speaker during the Charles City school distric...
 
29 October 2017
‘Ghost rocks’ are a Halloween tradition

‘Ghost rocks’ are a Halloween tradition


  By Thomas Nelson, tnelson@charlescitypress.com Holiday traditions are always an important part of a season, and Halloween brings in its o...
Haunted House in Rudd brings the scares

Haunted House in Rudd brings the scares


By Thomas Nelson, tnelson@charlescitypress.com For more than two decades the Rudd Haunted House has been a Halloween staple filled with spine-chill...
28 October 2017
On state tour, Boulton makes stop at Tosanak

On state tour, Boulton makes stop at Tosanak


By Kate Hayden, khayden@charlescitypress.com Low temperatures and heavy-handed wind chill didn't keep Sen. Nate Boulton, D-Des Moines, inside at th...
 
Silver City tradition, then and now

Silver City tradition, then and now


Although Silver City has not always held a parade and other colorful events for Dia de los Muertos, Hispanic families in Grant County have celebra...
27 October 2017

Local Republicans look at state tax reform


The Grant County GOP and Grant County Federation of Republican Women opened the floor for free market, limited government think tank the Rio Grande Fo...
CCHS classes open doors — and pantry — to community dinner

CCHS classes open doors — and pantry — to community dinner


By Kate Hayden, khayden@charlescitypress.com The goal is for every bite of next Friday's Farm to Fork meal to have been locally raised by Charles C...
 
26 October 2017
Spooktacular Walk

Spooktacular Walk


Kids and their parents were queued up in a long, solid snaking line that wound from Clark Street, between City Hall and the library, down to the w...