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Newspaperman, professionally, since 1991
Husband since 1991
Father since 2001, triplets plus two
States I've lived in: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Idaho and Iowa
Graduate of Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minn.
An offensive lineman who dreamt big

• 2019 Charles City Comets football schedule and results dating back to 2014

  By Chris Baldus on September 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Aug. 30 — Crestwood: 27-34 (H) loss Sept. 6 — New Hampton High School: 23-25 (A) loss Sept. 13 — Union Community: 14-6 (H) win Sept. 20 — Oelwein High School (A) Sept. 27 — Waterloo East (H) Oct. 4… Read More ›

• FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD: Class 3A, District 3

  By Chris Baldus on September 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  CLASS 3A ||||||| District | Overall DISTRICT 3 ||||| W-L-T | W-L-T Independence — 0-0-0 | 2-0-0 Waverly-SR — 0-0-0 | 1-1-0 W. Delaware — 0-0-0 | 1-1-0 Charles City — 0-0-0 | 0-2-0 Decorah HS — 0-0-0 | 0-2-0… Read More ›

• CC, N-P are cross country ‘teams to watch’

  By Chris Baldus on September 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Area high school cross country teams are listed at teams to watch in the rankings released Tuesday by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches.Those schools listed at teams to watch are Charles City girls and boys in Class 3A and… Read More ›

• High School football scores, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019

  By Chris Baldus on September 7, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Area schools New Hampton 25, Charles City 23 ( (ND)) Belmond-Klemme 32, Nashua-Plainfield 6 Central Springs 6, North Butler 0 ( (ND)) Riceville 52, Central, Elkader 14 ( (ND)) Rockford 22, Kee, Lansing 18 ( (ND)) Statewide scores CLASS 4A:… Read More ›

• VIDEO: Middle schoolers running at Wildwood

  By Chris Baldus on September 5, 2019

  CHARLES CITY — Middle School girls start their race at Wildwood on Thursday And here at the finish:

• FOOTBALL: Crestwood 34, Charles City 27

  By Chris Baldus on September 3, 2019

  SCOREBOARD Q1 |Q2 | Q3 | Q4 — Final Crestwood: 8 | 12 | 7 | 7 — 34 Charles City: 7 | 12 | 0 | 8 — 27 SCORING 1st Quarter Charles City, 7:36 — #2 Marcus Cranshaw… Read More ›

• Iowa High School Football scores: Week 1

  By Chris Baldus on September 1, 2019

  Area scores Crestwood, Cresco 34, Charles City 27 ( (ND)) Aplington-Parkersburg 22, New Hampton 18 ( (ND)) North Butler 6, Nashua-Plainfield 2 ( (ND)) Riceville 26, Kee, Lansing 6 ( (ND)) Rockford 78, West Central, Maynard 20 ( (ND)) Scores… Read More ›

• Rep. Prichard Deployed to South Korea

  By Chris Baldus on August 6, 2019

  

  NEWS RELEASE Charles City, Iowa — State Rep. Todd Prichard of Charles City was deployed to South Korea on Monday as part of his duties as a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army Reserves.     “While I’ll be serving our… Read More ›

• Registration Open for Prairie Day Camp 2019

  By Chris Baldus on August 3, 2019

  

  News Release CHARLES CITY — Area children will have the opportunity to step back in time for a day of fun and learning when the National 19th Amendment Society holds its annual Prairie Day Camp. The camp will be held… Read More ›

• Floyd County fish kill investigated

  By Chris Baldus on August 2, 2019

  NEWS RELEASE CHARLES CITY—DNR specialists investigated a fish kill on a tributary of Flood Creek about four miles west of Charles City Wednesday. On-site field tests did not show elevated ammonia levels and live fish were seen along the affected… Read More ›