02 May 2024
Get Messy lights up with fire art

Get Messy lights up with fire art


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com The Charles City Public Library’s Get Messy program saw a fiery finish as kids came out for fir...
67 graduating CCHS seniors share Dollars for Scholars scholarships

67 graduating CCHS seniors share Dollars for Scholars scholarships


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com Charles City Area Dollars for Scholars distributed more than $50,000 to Charles City students at ...
2024 Main Street rehabilitation project begins work in Charles City

2024 Main Street rehabilitation project begins work in Charles City


To The Press The 2024 Main Street Rehabilitation Project is underway in Charles City. Over the next several months the project will transform Ma...
 
MAY BEEF MONTH: SkyView beef producers open market for area farmers

MAY BEEF MONTH: SkyView beef producers open market for area farmers


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com For the last 13 years, Aaron and Laura Cunningham of rural Nora Springs have been raising and mar...
MAY BEEF MONTH: Area family raising a small herd of small cattle

MAY BEEF MONTH: Area family raising a small herd of small cattle


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com Jared Nauman used to raise angus beef cattle when he was in high school and is now getting back i...
April rains push Floyd County out of ‘extreme’ drought category

April rains push Floyd County out of ‘extreme’ drought category


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com All but the tiniest sliver of southeast Floyd County has moved out of the bright red “extreme dro...
 
30 April 2024
High school band performs spring concert

High school band performs spring concert


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com The Charles City High School String Orchestra and Concert Band hosted their Spring Concert on Mon...
Charles City Farmers Market season opens Saturday, May 4

Charles City Farmers Market season opens Saturday, May 4


To The Press The 2024 Charles City Farmers Market season opens Saturday, May 4, at 9 a.m. in Central Park along Blunt Street. The market is open...
Dedication of new Red Shed and Docent 101 at Carrie’s Girlhood Home

Dedication of new Red Shed and Docent 101 at Carrie’s Girlhood Home


To The Press The National 19th Amendment Society will hold a “Docent 101” and dedicate a new Red Shed at Carrie’s Girlhood Home on Saturday m...
 
29 April 2024
Foster Grandparents feted in annual Charles City appreciation event

Foster Grandparents feted in annual Charles City appreciation event


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com A room full of “grandmas” dressed in red smocks gathered in the community room at St. John Luth...