TERPSTRA: Tom Brady is no Paul Newman
By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com His shoulders are broad. He can carry the load. When you’re holding up the weight of an en...
16 January 2019
TERPSTRA: Tom Brady is no Paul Newman
By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com His shoulders are broad. He can carry the load. When you’re holding up the weight of an en...
02 January 2019
NFL playoffs bridge holiday gap
By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com Neatly placed on a street block corner within the subdivision I use to live is a Folk Victorian house t...
27 December 2018
GROB: Teaching gun safety in school is just common sense
By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com When I was in eighth grade, the state of Iowa made it mandatory for every kid to take a certified gun-safet...
12 December 2018
GROB: Merry Christmas, and don’t let the Scrooges and Grinches bring you down
By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com I love Christmas music. It’s OK if you don’t. I understand if you hate it. I understand if you’re ti...
GROB: A Christmas Story – Tidings of comfort and joy
By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com The young woman furrowed her brow and rubbed her eyes. Her fingers then straightened her long black hair. ...
29 November 2018
GROB: Revisiting the rhapsody, on the silver screen
By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com “Wait until you hear this.” It was my cousin talking, when we were just kids. He was a couple of years...
28 November 2018
TERPSTRA: Don’t forget the cranberry sauce
By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com The turkey wasn’t dry, the ham was delicious and my frozen pumpkin pie seemed to meet some sort o...
GUEST VIEW: Pilot shortage: Why Iowa should be concerned
By members of the Iowa Public Airports Association Air service is critically important to each of our state’s key economic drivers. Iowa’s larges...
15 November 2018
CITY NOTES: Goal-setting work identifies some old and some new targets for the city
By Dean Andrews, Mayor, Charles City Last week the council and I held a work session to review our goals and strategic plan going forward. This proc...
Letter to the Editor: Thanks for veterans special section
By Mae Rodamaker, Charles City I personally want to thank you for the wonderful edition of the veterans pictures, of the men and women that have ser...
