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The RAGBRAI pre-riders follow their escort into Charles City on South Main Street. Submitted photo By Mitchell Hanson, mhanson@charlescitypress.com Around 20 bicyclists came to visit Charles City Thursday as part of the RAGBRAI “pre-ride.” Just as a group does before every RAGBRAI, these pre-riders are biking the entirety of the planned route of this year’s Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, to make sure the path is a safe …

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By Mitchell Hanson, mhanson@charlescitypress.com The Floyd County Board of Supervisors has brought back an ordinance used the last time RAGBRAI rolled through the county to provide guidelines for the return visit planned for this summer. The board started the process at its meeting Monday evening to approve the ordinance to work with the city to govern road closings, food vendors and other issues when the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across …

By Mitchell Hanson, mhanson@charlescitypress.com The Floyd County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to begin the process of declaring ambulance service an “essential service” in the county, making it eligible for a board to be formed to levy taxes to support various emergency medical service (EMS) programs. The first step is a 60-day notice to the public that informs Floyd County citizens of the decision. At the end of the process, …

By Mitchell Hanson, Of The Press Among the agenda items discussed during the Monday afternoon meeting held by the Floyd County Board of Supervisors was the process required by the county to declare emergency medical services (EMS) as an “essential service.” As explained primarily by Supervisor Roy Schwickerath, the process would begin with the board “considering a resolution declaring EMS to be an essential service” for Floyd County at its …

Evidence on a phone belonging to a Gretna man charged with murder from a shooting late last month indicates he’s a gang member, investigators said at his bond hearing on

In 2017, the Peak 2 Fire ignited near Breckenridge and forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes in the Peak 7 neighborhood and the surrounding area. A year later, the Buffalo Mountain Fire burned its...