3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (192+ words) It’s “Buck, Buck, Buck, Baaaaaack.” An ordinance to allow residents to own chickens within the City limits of Charles City is getting a second run when the City Council meets Wednesday (Sept. 9) night in regular session. The ordinance got “cooped…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (212+ words) It was about a month-and-a-half ago that Floyd County Medical Center held a ribbon cutting to show off its $40 million expansion of the Charles City hospital that includes a new three-story rural health clinic. FCMC has now set October 1st for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (177+ words) A pedestrian was hit by a train Monday (08.31) night in Charles City. The incident enacted a large emergency response in the area of the railroad tracks that run adjacent to Riverside Cemetery. Charles City Police say the 911 call began shortly…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (54+ words) KCHA News The next phase of construction is underway on Iowa 9 in Decorah. Traffic has been shifted into a head-to-head traffic pattern on the newly constructed eastbound lanes, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (308+ words) President Donald Trump announced Friday he was suspending tariffs on 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef to help lower the cost of the meat, in a move cattle producers said would not help their efforts to restore herd sizes. Iowa…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (163+ words) KCHA News Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President Brent Johnson honored 514 Iowa farm families with Century or Heritage Farm designations during ceremonies at the 2026 Iowa State Fair The annual recognition celebrates families who have…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (171+ words) The newly renovated City Hall at 900 Clark Street in Charles City is back open for business. After some 19 months in temporary locations, City staff and the police department moved back in earlier this week. City Clerk Brittney Lentz says it…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (76+ words) Every student in kindergarten through 12th grade in the Charles City School District will receive a free Student Activity Pass for the 2026-2027 school year. That’s Charles City Schools Activities Director Dana Bohlen, who says Mike Molstead Motors will cover the entire…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (136+ words) Another milestone in the construction of the new Mississippi River bridge at Lansing is expected to be reached on Monday (08.24). Pete Hjelmstad with the Iowa DOT’s Mason City District Office says crews will be completing the final concrete pour on…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (123+ words) Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced the next phase of the watershed conservation program that uses practices upstream to improve water quality from the drinking water sources for thousands of central Iowans. Naig says the Cattle and Conservation Working…...