C’mon Republicans, be honest and govern well
By Chris Baldus, cbaldus@charlescitypress.com The Republicans have full control over Washington and Des Moines. So, they should be able to put into a...
10 January 2017
C’mon Republicans, be honest and govern well
By Chris Baldus, cbaldus@charlescitypress.com The Republicans have full control over Washington and Des Moines. So, they should be able to put into a...
05 January 2017
New House floor rules penalize Americans
By Kate Hayden, khayden@charlescitypress.com Amid all the news about the Office of Congressional Ethics on Tuesday, there was this: U.S. House...
22 December 2016
Concerned over disproportional prosecution of petty crimes
By Caleb Gabel, Charles City In case you haven’t been keeping up with recent court proceedings in Floyd County, you may not be aware that trial is...
19 December 2016
Dear Vision Iowa, can we have money?
By Chris Baldus, cbaldus@charlescitypress.com Dear Vision Iowa board people, I live in a great little town in north central Iowa, but we have some...
14 December 2016
Medicaid oversight must continue until these basic problems are truly fixed
By Sen. Amanda Ragan of Mason City, Senate Committee Co-Chair NOTE: These are Sen. Ragan's opening comments for the Dec. 13 meeting of the Iowa Legis...
08 December 2016
WEEKLY WORD: Heroes are made before their heroic acts
By Pastor Matthew Lucio | Charles City Seventh Day Adventist Church We think that Desmond Doss was a hero because he saved 75 American soldier...
Pulled pork in Rockford, unselfies in Greene and a Blockbuster alert
By Chris Baldus, cbaldus@charlescitypress.com If you were to write the scene in a movie script, it would say something like this: Against a deep blue ...
07 December 2016
Fight fake news with real action
By Kate Hayden | khayden@charlescitypress.com This Sunday, a man stepped in to a Washington D.C. pizzeria and allegedly pointed an AR-15 rifle at a r...
01 December 2016
WEEKLY WORD: The sun still rose and God is still in Heaven
By the Rev. Jim Beranek, Trinity United Methodist Church, Charles City On the eve of Election Day, several of our daughters were texting back and for...
30 November 2016
Charles City sports facilities a shared responsibility
By Bob Woolm, Charles City Your Tuesday editorial brought up some interesting ideas about our parks and how they are used by the school system. In co...
