10 August 2020
COVID-19 cases spike to record rate in Floyd County

COVID-19 cases spike to record rate in Floyd County


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com The number of new COVID-19 cases has increased by the fastest rate in the past two weeks since the ...
06 August 2020
Annual Art-a-Fest celebration going virtual this year

Annual Art-a-Fest celebration going virtual this year


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com Ashley Schmidt picked an interesting year to take a shot at being chairperson of the Art-a-Fest committee...
Vikings Table, Winnebago Industries Foundation and Northeast Iowa Food Bank plan Charles City event to help fight hunger

Vikings Table, Winnebago Industries Foundation and Northeast Iowa Food Bank plan Charles City event to help fight hunger


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com The Winnebago Industries Foundation and the Minnesota Vikings Foundation are working together to pr...
 
04 August 2020
GROB: The imperfect vision of 2020

GROB: The imperfect vision of 2020


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com We should have known it from the start. We should have known there was going to be something wrong with ...
03 August 2020
Charles City School District unveils mixed in-person and online plan for start of school year

Charles City School District unveils mixed in-person and online plan for start of school year


By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com Elementary students in the Charles City School District will be attending school in person every day to sta...
30 July 2020
Floyd County COVID-19 cases top 100 after four months

Floyd County COVID-19 cases top 100 after four months


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com The number of cases of COVID-19 in Floyd County since the start of the pandemic passed 100 this wee...
 
28 July 2020
TLC meets challenges of providing child care during COVID crisis

TLC meets challenges of providing child care during COVID crisis


By Mary Pieper, Special to the Charles City Press Although some Charles City area parents are home with their kids during the COVID-19 pandemic, ot...
27 July 2020
Governor extends some emergency provisions; Floyd County treasurer lists impact

Governor extends some emergency provisions; Floyd County treasurer lists impact


By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com Gov. Kim Reynolds extended her Public Health Disaster Emergency declaration on Friday, one day before...
23 July 2020
Charles City pianist gets Major League support for virtual rendition of ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’

Charles City pianist gets Major League support for virtual rendition of ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’


To The Press In May, Harrison Sheckler put together a virtual rendition of Rodger and Hammerstein’s “You’ll Never Walk Alone” that earned m...
 
19 July 2020
Iowa governor overrides schools, requires in-person classes

Iowa governor overrides schools, requires in-person classes


The Associated Press Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Friday that she would override local school districts and require students to spend at least half of...