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Court awards $10 million toward creating cancer center at Floyd County Medical Center
Concept rendering by Accord Architecture shows a possible interior design for a proposed Stille Cancer Center at the Floyd County Medical Center. Rendering courtesy FCMC
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Court awards $10 million toward creating cancer center at Floyd County Medical Center

By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com A Chickasaw County judge has ruled that Floyd...

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Comets get back on winning track with shutout softball victory over Chickasaws
Press photo by John Burbridge Charles City senior Emerson Bohlen avoids the tag from New Hampton shortstopr Caycee Crawford while stealing second base in the first inning of Thursday’s Northeast Iowa Conference softball game, which the hosting Comets won 2-0.
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Comets get back on winning track with shutout softball victory over Chickasaws

By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com CHARLES CITY — Pitched perfect games are...

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Families make fairy caves during Library’s summer programming
Glitter, marbles, sea shells, and more were available to decorate fairy caves on Tuesday.
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Families make fairy caves during Library’s summer programming

By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com Families packed the Zastrow Room on Tuesday as...

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Library programming heats up with combustion demonstration
The library's Wonderful Wednesday program sparked an interest in science as Christina Whitney of the Grout Museum District presented a demonstration on combustion.
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Library programming heats up with combustion demonstration

By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com The Charles City Public Library got a hot...

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Mobile Food Pantry surges with new summer program
Fresh watermelons were among the additional food items available to help keep kids fed through the summer months for the new Healthy Kids Iowa program.
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Mobile Food Pantry surges with new summer program

By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com Floyd County’s Mobile Food Pantry saw record...

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Lions Park pergola prep
A crew from Johnson Painting in Charles City works on the pergola in the Willson-Lorber Lions Club Rose Garden at the corner of Main Street and Riverside Drive earlier this week. The workers were sanding the wood in preparation for staining later in the week. The garden was created in 1971 as a Lions Club community beautification project after the tornado of 1968, then renovated in 2013 and at that time named after George Lorber and Eb Willson, two Lions who had been instrumental in starting the project. The park contains more than 150 rose plants in many varieties, benches and a brick walkway in addition to the pergola. Lorber was a longtime Charles City school superintendent and Lions Club member who helped lead the way to rebuilding three school buildings after the tornado. He died in 2015. Willson, who died in 1996, was also a longtime Lion and owner of Starr Ice Cream Co. and Riverside Greenhouse. Press photo by Bob Steenson
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Lions Park pergola prep

A crew from Johnson Painting in Charles City worked on the pergola in the Willson-Lorber Lions...

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