03 December 2024
FISCHER: A truly wicked theatrical experience

FISCHER: A truly wicked theatrical experience


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charelscitypress.com “Wicked” is the movie of the moment, and the 2024 theatrical adaptation of the 2003 Broadway mu...
26 November 2024
FISCHER: A Thanksgiving bluff

FISCHER: A Thanksgiving bluff


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com I am a fan of dry humor. In casual conversation I will often drop a wry statement. Case in po...
19 November 2024
FISCHER: Court is finally back in session

FISCHER: Court is finally back in session


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com Once upon a time, in about 2010 or so, I happened upon a quirky little webcomic called “Gunnerkri...
 
12 November 2024
FISCHER: Going backward

FISCHER: Going backward


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com Okay, let’s do this. Let’s talk about the big news that happened on Tuesday. After all, it...
05 November 2024
FISCHER – A hair-raising change

FISCHER – A hair-raising change


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com Once upon a time, on a Halloween long ago, I went out trick-or-treating with my best friend. In ...
29 October 2024
Community Notes: Fall marks accomplishments, opportunity to vote

Community Notes: Fall marks accomplishments, opportunity to vote


By Phoebe Pittman, Councilor, Charles City Council As the leaves change color and fall from the trees, we mark the arrival of autumn and the approa...
 
Letters to the Editor: Mitchell, Raab, Grassley, Miller, Dieken, Tumilson, Thompson, Pieper

Letters to the Editor: Mitchell, Raab, Grassley, Miller, Dieken, Tumilson, Thompson, Pieper


Back Thomson to protect land, rights By Ruth Mitchell Charles City As part of a landowning family in North Iowa, I’m urging everyone to re-elec...
FISCHER – The horror from behind the scenes

FISCHER – The horror from behind the scenes


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com In a time of spooks and scares, there seems to be nothing more frightening than whatever is happeni...
22 October 2024
FISCHER: When food preferences put you in a pickle

FISCHER: When food preferences put you in a pickle


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com It’s good to remember that no matter how much you learn about the world, there is always going to...
 
Letter to the Editor: Encourages votes for Miller to be Floyd County’s next auditor  By David Schrodt

Letter to the Editor: Encourages votes for Miller to be Floyd County’s next auditor By David Schrodt


By David Schrodt, Charles City Gloria Carr, our long time Floyd County auditor, is retiring. She won her first election in 2004. She ran the Auditor...