TERPSTRA: I Loved the 80s
Moving is never easy. Settling in can sometimes be even harder. But it’s all a state of mind in the end — unless you’re moving pianos. ...
06 June 2018
TERPSTRA: I Loved the 80s
Moving is never easy. Settling in can sometimes be even harder. But it’s all a state of mind in the end — unless you’re moving pianos. ...
31 May 2018
GROB: Hit by a small-town crime wave
By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com Somebody stole our cans. My wife and I have only lived in this little town for about nine months now, and ...
24 May 2018
City Notes: What exactly is public housing?
Heidi Nielsen, Executive Director, Charles City Housing and Redevelopment Authority In 1937, the federal government became officially involved with p...
23 May 2018
Letter to the Editor: Backyard chicken coops should be welcomed in Charles City
By Christine Tonn, Charles City I read in the Charles City Press that the City Council is once again considering not allowing the raising of chicken...
TERPSTRA: Time to get a new haircut
By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com Time. It’s really all we have in the end if you think about it — at least on this earth. ...
17 May 2018
Letter to the Editor: Seeking musical members for municipal band
By The Charles City Municipal Band Board of Directors, Charles City To all area instrumentalists: The Charles City Municipal Band invites you to jo...
City Notes: The relationship between housing and economic development
By Tim Fox, Executive director, Charles City Economic Development Corp. In 1998 a distinguished colleague of mine, one of the foremost economic devel...
11 May 2018
Weekly Word: The Gardener
By Coulter Page, Senior Pastor Bethany Alliance Church Do I have any gardeners reading this right now? I am an amateur vegetable gardener myself. Jus...
The Weekly Word: The preacher boy and the tornado
By Pastor Michael Downey, Charles City Free Church It was late afternoon on a cold wintry day in Charles City, as I followed the elderly man into his...
10 May 2018
Terpstra: Northern Exposure
By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com I am fascinated by location. It could be a rocket defying gravity, propelling itself amongst ...
