26 August 2019
Fire Department, Elks Lodge donate audio-visual smoke and CO alarms

Fire Department, Elks Lodge donate audio-visual smoke and CO alarms


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com The Charles City Fire Department and the Elks Lodge have teamed up on a project to increase the saf...
Sentences different for burglary, assault convictions

Sentences different for burglary, assault convictions


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com One Charles City man was sentenced Monday to up to 25 years in prison and another was given the oppor...
Two Charles City residents seriously injured in motorcycle accident Saturday

Two Charles City residents seriously injured in motorcycle accident Saturday


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com Two Charles City residents received serious injuries in a one-vehicle motorcycle accident Saturday ...
 
25 August 2019
Elks host Charles City’s first ‘Beer Choir’

Elks host Charles City’s first ‘Beer Choir’


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com It’s been said that music can soothe the savage beast. And if it can’t, a couple of cold beers mig...
‘Iowa’s Lost History on the Titanic’ to be discussed at Charles City Library

‘Iowa’s Lost History on the Titanic’ to be discussed at Charles City Library


By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com The British vessel Titanic shocked the world when the passenger liner sunk into the murky abyss o...
First day of school

First day of school


Things were a little messy and a lot of fun Friday for Tucker Reams, Kimberly Geweke-Vierkant and the other students in Kelly Bailey’s kindergar...
 
Christian bands rock Central Park

Christian bands rock Central Park


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com More than 1,500 people filled Central Park in Charles City Saturday night to see a high-energy rock 'n' r...
School elections move to November; city, school filings open now

School elections move to November; city, school filings open now


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com People who are used to voting for school board members in September will find a change this year, a...
22 August 2019
13th annual Christian concert will rock out in downtown Charles City this weekend

13th annual Christian concert will rock out in downtown Charles City this weekend


By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com People will come, oh, they will come. They’ll travel to Charles City, some driving many hour...
 
Foster Grandparents looking for more volunteer members

Foster Grandparents looking for more volunteer members


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com It was a sea of red jackets as more than 60 Foster Grandparents gathered Thursday at the Charles Ci...