Charles City High School’s varsity co-ed soccer begins play April 2, with its first game against New Hampton. Here is the season schedule. The program is in its third year. Brad MacKenzie is the head coach. Brandy Anderson is the assistant coach. You can follow the team on @CometSoccerCCHS. Continue reading Charles City High School Soccer begins play April 2
These are just a few scenes from Tuesday night’s Charles City High School Pops Concert. Come back later, because I’ll be posting more. Continue reading PHOTOS: CCHS Pops Concert
With 96 percent of precincts reporting, the Iowa Democratic Party reports that Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are first and second in state delegate equivalents totals: 1. Buttigieg, 549 2. Sanders, 533 3. Elizabeth Warren, 380 4. Joe Biden, 328 5. Amy Klobuchar, 254 In Floyd County, Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar came in first and second. Buttigieg received 133 caucus-goers choosing him in their final expressions of support, which translates to 2.2 state delegate equivalents. Klobuchar received 132 for 2.1, followed by Biden (110, 1.9), Sanders (81, 1.6) and Warren (81, 1.3). Floyd County Republicans cast 109 votes for President … Continue reading Floyd County Democrats choose Buttigieg and Klobuchar
OELWEIN — The Charles city girls basketball team won its fifth game of the season Friday night, defeating Oelwein, 63-19 Senior Liz Fiser led the Comets in scoring with 13 points. Sophomore Lydia Staudt and senior Mackenzy Bilharz each added 12. Senior Lynn Hoeft scored 9, followed by senior Lauren Connell with 8, sophomore Rachel Chambers with 6, junior Dani Stock with 5 and junior Sadie Gebel with 4. . Charles City senior Liz Fiser drives to the basket Friday in Oelwein. Sophomore Rachel Chambers Continue reading CC girls basketball wins in Oelwein
WAVERLY — Charles City as a team took second place at the Iowa High School Girls Wrestling State Tournament at Waverly-Shell Rock High School over the weekend The Comets had 128 points. Waverly-Shell Rock took first with 156.5. Marissa Gallup took 8th in the 106-pound weight class. She scored 12 points for the team. Kiki Connell took 6th at 120, scoring 18. Toni Maloy placed 6th at 126, scoring 17. Lilly Luft took 4th at 132, scoring 24. Allie Cross is 7th at 145, scoring 11. Kalysta Rodriguez placed 4th at 285, scoring 13. Also contributing team point by winning matches were … Continue reading Charles City wrestlers take 2nd as a team at Girls State Tournament
CHARLES CITY — The Comet girls basketball team had its highest scoring game of the season Friday night (Dec. 20), beating winless Oelwein, 60-19. The last time a Charles City girls basketball team scored 60 points was in the 2012-13 season. That team defeated Saint Ansgar 81-47 at home, and Oelwein 64-43, BCLUW 70-17 and Decorah 60-45, all on the road. The Comets finished the season 12-11 overall. This year’s Comets are now 3-5 overall, and host Saint Ansgar (5-1 overall) at 3:30 p.m. today (Dec. 21) in the Charles City Middle School gymnasium. – – – Charles City had … Continue reading Comet girls basketball wins, again
CHARLES CITY — The explosion of joy Monday night was worthy of a championship. The Comets bench leaped to embrace their five teammates on the floor as the buzzer sounded sending Charles City’s 55-20 home victory over Independence. The student section formed a cheering tunnel players passed through on the way to their locker room. This win was a long-time coming. It snapped a 52-game losing streak. The last time the Comets girls basketball team won a game was Jan. 13, 2017, against Decorah on the road. After falling behind 9-10 after the first quarter, the Comets grabbed the lead … Continue reading CC girls basketball snaps 52-game losing streak
CHARLES CITY — An evening of wine, appetizers and live music from the Juni West band on Friday, Nov. 15, will help rebuilt the Floyd County Fairgrounds, which was damaged over the summer by a tornado. The fundraiser will be from 7-10 p.m. at the Youth Enrichment Building at the Fairgrounds. See the flier below for more information. Continue reading Wine and live music Nov. 15 will help rebuild Floyd County Fairgrounds
FLOYD — Grace United Methodists Church in Floyd will host its annual auction and roast beef dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10. The cost to adults is $10, to children 5-12 years old is $4. Preschoolers eat free. See the flier below for more details. Continue reading Floyd Grace UMC’s roast beef dinner, auction is Nov. 10
Iowa DNR DES MOINES – The next round of funding for the 2020 Derelict Building Grant Program is open for applications through Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. The grant program was instituted by state legislation to help rural communities with populations of 5,000 or less to deconstruct or renovate abandoned commercial and public structures. The program emphasizes reuse and recycling of building items, helps improve street appearance and commercial development, and alleviates the environmental concern these buildings can pose. Financial assistance includes asbestos removal, building deconstruction and renovation, and other environmental services. Through the program, the city of Earlville completed asbestos removal and deconstruction … Continue reading DNR now accepting Derelict Building applications
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pick A Better Snack – Washington 2nd Charles City 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Clover Kids – Charles City Charles City Wednesday, November 6, 2019 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Fresh Conversations – Rockford Rockford Thursday, November 7, 2019 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Cover Crop & Wetland Field Day Nashua Friday, November 8, 2019 8:45 AM – 11:30 AM Pick A Better Snack – Washington 1st Charles City 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Fresh Conversations – Charles City Charles City Monday, November 11, 2019 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Clover Kids – Charles City Charles City Tuesday, November 12, 2019 2:00 PM – … Continue reading Floyd County Extension and Outreach November 2019 Calendar
News Release Floyd County Extension will offer the Commercial Ag Weed, Insect and Plant Disease Management Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators Wednesday, November 20, 2019. The program will be shown at locations across Iowa through the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP). The local attendance site is at the Floyd County Extension Office, 112 N Main St., Charles City. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the course runs from 9 to 11:30 a.m. The registration fee is $35. To register or to obtain additional information about the CIC, contact the ISU Extension and Outreach office in Floyd County by phoning 641-228-1453. The course will provide continuing instruction credit for … Continue reading Commercial Ag Weed, Insect, Plant Disease Course Set for Nov. 20
CHARLES CITY — The Lions Club has added hours to its annual Book Sale, which will offer up to 50,000 books. The sale will run Wednesday, Oct. 16-26, at 300 Gilbert St., Charles City. Use the east entrance of the Ace Hardware Building. The hours of the sale are: • 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16-Friday, Oct. 18 • 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 • Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 • 2-6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21-Friday, Oct. 25 • 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 26 Continue reading Annual Charles City Lions Club Book Sale Oct. 16-26
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): 41-13 loss Oct. 4 — Decorah High School (A) Oct. 11 — Independence (A) Oct. 18 — West Delaware (H) Oct. 25 — Waverly-Shell Rock (H) __________________________________ GAME HISTORY Below are the game results for the past four years. Click on the highlighted scores for individual game statistics. VS. CRESCO (Crestwood) 2019 varsity result: 27-34 (H) loss 2018 varsity result: 6-7 (A) … Continue reading 2019 Charles City Comets football schedule and results dating back to 2014
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 state and nation in a different capacity for the next few weeks, I want my constituents in Chickasaw, Floyd, and Cerro Gordo Counties to know they can still contact me through email at todd.prichard@legis.iowa.gov if they need assistance,” said Prichard, who is expected to return to Iowa in late August. Prichard has been in the military in different roles for over … Continue reading Rep. Prichard Deployed to South Korea
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