Press Staff Report CHARLES CITY — The Charles City Comets boys basketball team started the new year 0-2 while falling to 0-5 for the season after dropping a pair of home games this past weekend — ...

Iowa lawmakers are heading into the 2026 legislative session with several new leaders — but many of the issues expected to take top priority are subjects left unresolved in 2025, namely eminent domain ...

TRIPOLI — With a 1-point lead at halftime (18-17) during Friday’s away game against Tripoli, the Charles City Comets were poised to get their first win of the year ... let alone the current girls ...

CHARLES CITY — The journey for left-handed bowlers is often along a path less traveled. The reason being is that within a world dominated by right-handers there is usually less ball traffic on the ...

Schools may have gotten out early on Tuesday due to warnings of severe weather, but the Charles City Public Library stayed open to put on its highly anticipated gingerbread house-making activity. “We ...

Press Staff Report CORALVILLE — At the Dan Gable Donnybrook held Thursday through Saturday at the Xtream Arena, Charles City’s girls wrestling team posted a bracket runner-up and achieved multiple ...

The harvest is very nearly complete in the Northcentral Iowa reporting district that includes Floyd County. That may seem like a self-evident truth for anyone who has driven along county roads ...

The Floyd County Board of Supervisors approved a lower speed limit on a county road, listened to information about a potential new provider for county employees’ retirement savings plan, and got an ...

Get Messy went indoors this week to try a sweet new treat. After a short story, the kids lined up to try out a new snack recipe, Jell-O Fruit Roll-ups. “This was something different,” said Children’s ...

MANCHESTER — Sometimes, it takes a village. Other times, it takes a gang ... as in gang tackling. That’s what’s likely needed — relentless team defense/tackling — if the Charles City Comets want to ...

The first day of school is always a little chaotic, but things were even more interesting at Immaculate Conception Elementary on Monday as students returned to find themselves in new, makeshift ...

CHARLES CITY — There are a lot of moving parts to a volleyball team in motion on its side of the net. The trick is to align these parts with winning combinations. Last season, the Charles City Comets ...