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Tribute bricks honoring veterans will surround Floyd County Freedom Rock

  • Jacob Stokes, 17, stands next to the Floyd County Freedom Rock in Rockford. Stokes will be working on landscaping the ground around the rock with bricks showing the names of Floyd County veterans as part of an Eagle Scout project. Press photo by Thomas Nelson.

  • Jacob Stokes, 17, and Sandi Willman hold veteran tribute bricks in Rockford. Stokes will be working on landscaping the ground around the rock with the bricks showing the names of Floyd County veterans. Press photo by Thomas Nelson.

  • Jacob Stokes, 17, stands next to the Floyd County Freedom Rock in Rockford. Stokes will be working on landscaping the ground around the rock with bricks showing the names of Floyd County veterans. Press photo by Thomas Nelson.

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School board hears preview of tonight’s public meeting
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School board hears preview of tonight’s public meeting

By James Grob, [email protected] The Charles City School District Board of Directors...

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Vocal talents propel Charles City’s Haglund into elite status
Anders Haglund, who is just wrapping up his junior year at Charles City High School, has been selected to compete at the 57th NATS national conference. The high school semifinal and final rounds will occur live on Friday, July 1 at Roosevelt University in Chicago and the finals will take place that evening. (Press file photo.)
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Vocal talents propel Charles City’s Haglund into elite status

By James Grob, [email protected] Charles City’s Anders Haglund doubled down on his...

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N-P Husky girls make history with first State Track and Field title
Press photo by John Burbridge The Nashua-Plainfield Girls 1600-Meter Distance Medley Relay Team of, from left, Mackenzie Foelske, Jennah Carpenter, Abbie Hyde and Kadence Huck won the Class 1A title on Friday morning at the State Track and Field Championships. The day before, freshman Huck won the Class 1A Girls 400 to become the first NP girl to win a state title. Then on Saturday, Hyde, Foelske, Huck and Rylee Weiss won the Girls 800-Meter Sprint Medley Relay, paving the way to a first-ever N-P girls state overall title.
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N-P Husky girls make history with first State Track and Field title

Press Staff Report DES MOINES — Nashua-Plainfield made history during the first day of the...

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Comets take final flights at State Track and Field Championships
Photo by Kelly Terpstra Charles City senior Ian Collins matched his personal- and school-record of 6 feet, 9 inches while winning the Class 3A Boys High Jump, Thursday at the State Track and Field Championships. Collins also cleared 6-foot-9 while winning last year's state HJ title. Later during the Class 3A Boys Long Jump, Collins came up a half-inch shy of defending his state title in that event, too.
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Comets take final flights at State Track and Field Championships

By John Burbridge [email protected] DES MOINES — Like Jesse Owens in the 1936...

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New members inducted into National Honor Society
New National Honor Society members, pictured, include Katherine Prichard, Hannah DeVore, Claire Eckenrod, Hailey Kowalski and Elizabeth Oleson. (Photo submitted.)
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New members inducted into National Honor Society

The induction ceremony for new National Honor Society members was Wednesday, May 18. Students...

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Dale Lamprecht
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Dale Lamprecht

Dale Lamprecht, 86, of Charles City, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2022 at the 11th Street Chautauqua...

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