By Travis Fischer, [email protected] It’s the end of the world as we know it. Or, at least, the end of one ...

The annual Charley Western Trail Firecracker 5K took place the morning of the Fourth of July while utilizing the trail adjacent/parallel to Charles City High School/Middle School and Comet Field, ...

Charles City senior Payton Hadley, who currently leads her team with a .507 slugging percentage, and the rest of the Comets will host Decorah in the first round of the Class 4A-Region 8 bracket on ...

By Travis Fischer, [email protected] The Charles City Council discussed the completion of the Lynn Grove Pool Renovations, the dissolution of the Southwest Bypass TIF Committee and the ...

I once covered a swim camp that featured one of the coaches from the USA Olympic Swim Team. When he spoke to the campers at the end of a lunch break, he told them to “celebrate your victories”. I ...

Charles City freshman Addison Ellis returned to the pitcher’s circle for the Comets on Tuesday to help her team defeat Decorah 3-2 in a game shortened due to weather. Press Staff Report CHARLES CITY — ...

DECORAH — You can almost see a pattern forming. For the fourth Northeast Iowa Conference baseball doubleheader in a row, the Charles City Comets managed to bounce back from a one-sided defeat in the ...

FISCHER: The future is on hold By Travis Fischer, [email protected] It’s 2025. We’re living in the future. Every so often I like to stop and marvel at what we can do today with technology ...

Henry Martin, 82, of Ionia, passed away Monday, June 16, 2025 at his home. Funeral services for Henry Martin will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 20, 2025 at Deerfield Mennonite Church, Cheyenne ...

Duane Robert Byers passed away Sunday, June 1, 2025, at CentraCare Hospital in Long Prairie, Minn., at age 81. Born on Nov. 21, 1943, as the oldest of five boys to Robert (Bob) and Ida Byers, Duane ...

Charles City center fielder Emerson Bohlen makes a running catch while being backed up by Lexan Joslin during Tuesday’s NEIC softball doubleheader against Crestwood, which won both games. CHARLES CITY ...

Several hundred people gathered at North Iowa Area Community College on Sunday to celebrate the legacy of a young man who loved “Toy Story” and Mustangs – and to support others like him. Andrew’s “You ...