Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign kicks off in Charles City

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By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com The familiar ding can be heard from quite some distance away as holiday shoppers enter stores acr...

Santa makes first appearance of the year in Charles City at Otto’s Oasis

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By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com He’s making a list. He’s checking it twice. He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice. ...

Van, trucks filled with Toys for Tots Saturday

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By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com It was cold, wet and windy; but they still loaded more than a van full of toys. About seven volunteers...

School district partners with community to help homeless students

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By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com A mother with four children, all living out of a car. A middle school student literally sleeping under a ...

Thanksgiving feast shared with the community

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By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com Last year, Barb Jones of Charles City volunteered to serve turkey at the traditional Charles City communi...

Precipitation in forecast for holiday weekend

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By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com The rest of the Thanksgiving weekend could be a soggy one for holiday shoppers who are hunting fo...

2020 Party in the Park dates announced

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To The Press The dates have been announced for the 2020 Party in the Park summer series, organized by Community Revitalization, Charles City’s Ma...

CCPD reminds residents to move vehicles once snow plows come out

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By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com With forecasts that are beginning to include the possibility of measurable snowfall, Charles City r...

South Johnson/Oliver Street drainage study discussed at workshop

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By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com Standing water on city streets that can impede travel is never a good thing. Jon Biederman, an e...

Reading, writing, arithmetic and pumpkin bars

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By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com For generations, young students trying to learn fractions, decimals and other forms of higher math have a...