GALLERY: A year in stories

Firefighters battle a fire at a Zoetis egg-laying facility in Charles City on October. Press photo by Bob Steenson

RAGBRAI riders coast down the Main Street hill entering Charles CIty Wednesday. The city is the overnight stop for Day 4 of the cross-state bike ride. Press photo by Bob Steenson

Patrick Bruening, 8, and Declan Wheat, 9, marching out in front group of students and Charles City Citizens marching on the suspension bridge in remembrance of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The march was put on by the Be The Bridge organization, which is devoted to racial reconciliation. Press Photo By Thomas Nelson

Daniel YoungBear-Brown, a culture teacher at the Meskwaki Settlement School in Tama, dances to singer Gilbert Brown's drumbeat at Art-a-Fest in August. Press photo by Kate Hayden

Charles City firefighter Justin Shuttler runs in to help fight the fire that erupted in a house on 4th Avenue Saturday, April 29. Press photo by Thomas Nelson.

McQuillen Place was topped with it's signature clock tower on a July morning with about 40 people watching it's rise, standing on the sidewalk and bringing lawn chairs. Press photo by Kate Hayden