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Hair stylists Linsey Koenigs and Janice Harn are ready for walk-ins at Beard and Beauty Bar. Press photo by Travis Fischer By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com A new hair salon has opened up in Charles City. Beard and Beauty Bar is a new business from Linsey Koenigs of Charles City and Janice Harn of Nashua. With 13 and six years of hair cutting experience between them, the duo previously worked together at Great Clips in Waverly be…

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Charles City hair stylist opens new salon

Bob Woolm of Charles City tries out one of the new recumbent cross trainers in the Cardiac Rehab room that is part of the new Cardiac Services space at the Floyd County Medical Center, while his wife, Joan, watches and Cambria Schmidt, Cardiac Services RN, explains the cardiac rehab options that are now available. The room also features large windows to let in light and provide a view of the Medical Center grounds. Press photo by Bob Steenson By…

Floyd County Medical Center shows off new Cardiac Services space

Dozens of farmers in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are clambering to feed their teams after a battling pure griddle poultry producer rapidly shut a 12 months after acquiring a $39 million authorities funding. Pure Prairie Poultry shuttered its Charles City, Iowa, plant after declaring private chapter final month. The Minnesota agency gave farmers with chicks and feed to raise until the birds ready to be butchered and deliberate on the market on …

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Midwest poultry farmers have a tough time to feed teams after abrupt closure of cpu

The following is from the Charles City Chamber of Commerce A great Charles City fall tradition returns on Monday, October 28th, with the annual SpookWalk along the riverfront trail, organized …

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Annual SpookWalk in Charles City Set for October 28th

A Charles City woman plans to split her $250,000 Iowa Lottery prize with two family members. She will use her portion to help with expenses relating to her new business, a hair salon that opens Oct. 1.

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North Iowa woman wins over $17,000 on Iowa Lottery ticket

Congratulations to Shannon Temple of Charles City who won a pair of tickets to attend the Floyd County Ikes Chili Supper on Fri. Oct. 18th, 2024. Answer: To raise funds …

Incredibly Obvious Quiz: Why do the IKES do a chili supper?

PETA is asking for a criminal investigation into the deaths of thousands of chickens at Pure Prairie Poultry in Charles City.  PETA says multiple whistleblower reports from now-former PPP employees …

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Investigation Underway Into Deaths of Thousands of Pure Prairie Poultry Chickens

Press photo by John BurbridgeCharles City seventh-grader Meghan Korbel won her first — and last — Northeast Iowa Conference XC title in the Girls Middle School 2-mile race, Tuesday at Luther College. By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com DECORAH — Meghan Korbel knows enough about history to realize she has come to be a part of it. The Charles City seventh-grader won the Girls Middle School 3,200 during Tuesday’s Northeast Iowa Conference…

Comet seventh-grader Meghan Korbel one of final NEIC XC champions; Williams, Graeser and Kowalski All-NEIC

WORTHINGTON — The Worthington City Council discussed the feasibility of the East Ninth Avenue street reconstruction assessment at a special meeting late Wednesday afternoon. The project — located near the Post Office between 10th and 11th streets — also hinges on a private water line coming through from 10th Street that serves two East Ninth Avenue properties. Another property along the street is served from 11th Street, behind the properties. T…

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Worthington City Council discusses East Ninth Avenue assessment

A new playground at Sportsmen’s Park in Charles City is nearly complete, with most of the equipment installed. Press photo by Bob Steenson By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com A new mostly inclusive playground at Sportsmen’s Park in Charles City is nearly complete, but a hitch with the installation could actually improve the site. The company that provided the equipment and is doing the installation, Play-Pro Recreation of Clive, was …

Charles City Sportsmen’s Park playground closer to being finished

By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com Officials in three states are dealing with the aftermath of the Charles City Pure Prairie Poultry processing plant closing on Oct. 2, leaving more than 2 million chickens that growers were raising for the company but that Pure Prairie could no longer afford to feed. Although Iowa officials are trying to find processors to purchase the chickens at reduced costs – or even take them for free rather th…

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