14 May 2020
Guest View: Care facilities taking COVID-19 threat seriously; so should you

Guest View: Care facilities taking COVID-19 threat seriously; so should you


By Susan Ayers, Charles City On March 13, the Chautauqua facilities – and all other care facilities nationwide – were locked to visitors at the d...
05 May 2020
GROB: Don’t stand so close to me

GROB: Don’t stand so close to me


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com Honestly, the guy would’ve been too close even if there wasn’t a pandemic going on. I was in line at...
30 April 2020

If there is a baseball season, opening day should be in Iowa


By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com Trick Question Movie Trivia Time What flick has the quote “If you build it, they will come”? ...
 
28 April 2020
Community Notes: Library offers lots of online resources during coronavirus isolation

Community Notes: Library offers lots of online resources during coronavirus isolation


By Annette Dean, Director, Charles City Public Library Hello to everyone from a library staff that really misses all of you. As many of you know, ...
21 April 2020
Community Notes: Floyd County Medical Center prepares for pandemic

Community Notes: Floyd County Medical Center prepares for pandemic


By Rodney Nordeng, Administrator, Floyd County Medical Center Planning and specific actions related to the COVID-19 pandemic have been ongoing at Flo...
20 April 2020

Sorry Patriot fans, Bulls are the greatest sports dynasty


By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com People have come to know, or will come to know, that posting half-baked opinions and rants on social m...
 
07 April 2020
GROB: Fighting COVID-19, one small mess at a time

GROB: Fighting COVID-19, one small mess at a time


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com I didn’t even realize dishwashers needed to be cleaned. I mean, you put the soap in and close the do...
06 April 2020

Pro wrestling remains a strange world within a strange world


By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com Authors who fancy themselves as “literary” sometimes strive to be difficult to understand yet beco...
25 March 2020

When the world doesn’t stop for you, it’s hard to stop for it


By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com About a month and a half before the world turned upside down, my own little one was upended. After ...
 
18 March 2020
GROB: Coming together, from six feet apart

GROB: Coming together, from six feet apart


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com My youngest daughter turns 25 years old today and I don’t know what to tell her, other than “Happy Bi...