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 basketball ...

This article is adapted from information sent by the U.S. Navy, highlighting sailors from local communities as the Navy celebrates its 250th birthday. Petty Officer 2nd Class Lucas Garl, a native of ...

Once upon a time, a holiday tradition of mine was setting my phone’s ringtone to a 30-second portion of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s “Carols of the Bells” for the month of December. After all, as ...

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 left side of the ...

The Iowa Supreme Court has overturned lower court rulings that blocked a Floyd County drainage project involving railroad property. The decision, involving Drainage District 56 and 6, jointly managed ...

A divided Floyd County Board of Supervisors took what may have been the penultimate step Tuesday evening in the years-long process of developing a new commercial wind energy zoning ordinance, passing ...

If the best thing about freshman is that they become sophomores, then maybe the best thing about Charles City’s rebuilding boys wrestling team — which is underclass dominated — is that it has already ...

The Charles Theatre will have more than just Santa Claus on the rooftop this holiday season as patches are put in place to prevent leaking through the winter. “It’s the façade and there’s a little ...

The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office has begun receiving new body-worn video cameras, marking the first step in an upgrade to its video and in-car technology. Lt. Travis Bartz said the department ...

The Charles City Schools music departments presented back-to-back winter concerts from students ranging from fifth grade through high school on Tuesday, Dec. 16. The evening started with the fifth ...

The last days of 2025 will mark the end of an era as Floyd Mayor Trevis O’Connell steps down after nearly four decades in city government. A Floyd native, O’Connell returned to his hometown in 1986 ...