City Notes: Charles City Housing and Redevelopment Authority Update
By Heidi Nielsen, CC Housing Authority Director It’s going to be another busy year at the Housing Office. Plans are underway to replace the tran...
23 May 2019
City Notes: Charles City Housing and Redevelopment Authority Update
By Heidi Nielsen, CC Housing Authority Director It’s going to be another busy year at the Housing Office. Plans are underway to replace the tran...
09 May 2019
Letter to the Editor: May is National Foster Care Month
By Crystal Engstrom, Program Coordinator, CASA of North Iowa, Mason City May is National Foster Care Month, a time designated to acknowledge foster p...
GROB: Appreciate a teacher this week, and every week
By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com It’s Teacher Appreciation Week. So it’s time for me to appreciate a teacher. Grandpa Grob. He’s no...
08 May 2019
Required testosterone reduction is a diabolical means to ‘fairness’
By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com This is my dream interview. I’m standing with Caitlyn Jenner on the north end of Drake Stadium...
City Notes: Mayor offers updates
This week’s City Notes could be titled “Mayor’s Tidbits,” as I want to give short updates on many of the things going on at City Hall. • ...
02 May 2019
City Notes: Summer recreational opportunities abound in Charles City
Steve Lindaman, Park & Rec Dept Director Mother Nature has taken her time allowing spring to arrive, and I hope it is here to stay without any un...
GROB: The view is always scenic up on the teeter-totter
By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com “Oh, come on. Papa! Just try it!” It was like peer pressure, only my peer was a 4-year-old girl. ...
25 April 2019
City Notes: Time for a little spring cleaning
By Mark Wicks, Charles City Community Development Director The sun is out, the grass is green and the jackets are getting lighter … Hello, spring! ...
18 April 2019
GROB: Put the bartenders in charge
By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com His name was Joe, and he tended bar at place called Fitzpatrick’s in Iowa City back in the late 1980s. ...
17 April 2019
TERPSTRA – Tiger Woods’ road to redemption a true comeback story
By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com The roar from the gallery at Augusta National could have drowned out any jet engine. The celebra...
