CHARLES CITY — Sure, the Floyd County Fair’s opening day is Wednesday, but Tuesday, July 18, is Royalty Day, judgment day for non-livestock entries and show time for pets and 4-Hers. The new Youth Enrichment Center will open at 9 a.m. for booth set-up and agronomy comments are at noon. Judging for all non-livestock exhibits begins at 1 p.m. in the Brick Building. The static entry club schedule is: Llove Those Llamas and W. St. Charles Feeders at noon. Floyd Co. Marksmen and Floyd Farmers at 12:30 p.m. Riverton Lucky Clovers and Jolly Ranchers at 1 p.m. Ulster Future Leaders … Continue reading Floyd County Fair Royalty Day is Tuesday, July 18

Today’s forecast in the Charles City area is warning about sketchy weather today. The National Weather Service says there will be periods of showers and thunderstorms before 1 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4 pm.  The predicted high temperature will be ear 83.  Then tonight showers and thunderstorms ate likely, mainly before 11 p.m. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 58.  North wind 6 to 11 mph becoming northwest after midnight.  Continue reading Thunderstorms today, tonight

CHARLES CITY — Peggy Marie Beaver, 87, of Charles City, died Sunday, June 4, 2017 at the Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City. A funeral service for Peggy will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at Hauser Funeral Home with Pastor Bill Odermann from Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charles City officiating. A visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at Hauser Funeral Home and continue one hour prior to the service on Thursday. Peggy Marie Roy Beaver was born on June 5, 1929 to Charles and … Continue reading Peggy Beaver passes at age 87

You see bulletin boards filled with notices, but don’t have time to give them a good look or to take notes. Here are some of those notices. Continue reading Event notices on area bulletin boards

WEATHER: Today — A slight chance of showers before 1 p.m., then a slight chance of showers after 4 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tonight — A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Southeast wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Tuesday — A 10 percent chance of showers before 7 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. North wind around 8 mph. SPORTS  The Northeast Iowa Conference girls  golf tournament begins at 10 a.m. At … Continue reading Your morning update: High school golf conference meets are today

NASHUA — Nashua-Plainfield’s Haley Hillesheim shot a 54 and Caleb Liddle a 45 on their home course May 2 to be named the meet’s medalists. Nashua Plainfield girls defeated West Fork at the Nashua town and country club the Huskies had the low score of 238. West fork shot 272. Nashua Plainfield’s Miranda Crabtree was runner up to Hillesheim with a 59. Nashua-Plainfield boys carded a 188. West Fork only fielded 3 golfers. Three golfers tied at 47 making them runners up to Liddle. They were Dillon Auchstetter and Drew Moine of Nashua Plainfield and Zach Laudner of West Fork. Continue reading Nashua-Plainfield golfers card home victories

From the Iowa DNR DES MOINES— For the first time in almost a year, none of Iowa is shown in any form of drought or dryness in the latest Water Summary Update.  Conditions in Iowa continue to improve, especially in the areas of southeast Iowa that had been dry over the winter. Thanks to a wet and cool April, there are no drought designations in the state and shallow groundwater is now rated as normal to above normal across the state. Streamflow is above normal across much of the state.  Most of April saw mild weather with temperatures above normal … Continue reading Water Summary Update shows no drought in Iowa thanks to cool, wet April

Tonight is Nancy Western’s final concert as the Charles City High School Orchestra director. Showtime is 7:30 p.m in the North Grand Auditorium. Click here for the full Charles City concert schedule. WEATHER Today — Showers, mainly before 4 p.m. High near 45. Breezy, with a northwest wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent.  Tonight — A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11 p.m. Cloudy, with a low around 37. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.  Tuesday — … Continue reading Morning update: Western’s finale; rain today, warmup tomorrow

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Yes, that was snow you saw in Charles City at about 7:15 a.m. Don’t worry though, it won’t last, and even if it did accumulate, the heavy rain forecast for Sunday and Monday certainly would wash it away. Then there is this whole flooding thing to worry about instead. The National Weather Service office in La Crosse, Wis., issued a warning Thursday about a hazardous weather coming up: “Locally heavy rainfall is possible Sunday into Monday which could lead to rises on area rivers and streams.” Here is the forecast from the National Weather Service for the Charles City area … Continue reading Your morning briefing: Wet weekend likely