Floyd County, IA

Hosting some 20, 000 RAGBRAI riders for the overnight stay on July 28th in Charles City is a challenge in and of itself. Imagine if a severe thunderstorm or tornado is added to the mix. Tom Bock and Drew Mitchell head up the Charles City RAGBRAI severe weather preparedness committee.

Voters can now submit absentee ballots for the June Primary elections to their County Auditor’s Office. The first day to cast an absentee ballot in the auditor’s office was Wednesday, May 18th, also the first day auditors’ offices could mail out an absentee ballot. Ballot request forms are available at the auditor’s office, online at www.sos.iowa.gov/elections, or by calling the Auditor’s Office.

A Mason City man will spend up to 10 years in prison for assaulting his girlfriend and then setting her house on fire in Floyd County earlier this year. 33-year-old Tyrone Jones was arrested by the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office after he attacked the female victim at her home in Rudd on January 8th. Investigators say he kicked the victim in the head, strangled her to the point she lost consciousness, burnt her with a cigarette, stole two phones and started a fire at the house before leaving. The victim, who said Jones tied her hands and feet to her bed with rope on a previous occasion, was not in the home at the time of the fire, which authorities say Jones himself reported.

RUDD — A Mason City man accused of assaulting his girlfriend and setting her home on fire in Floyd County has been sentenced to ten years in prison. 33-year-old Tyrone Jones was accused on January 8th of kicking the victim in the face, back, and back of the head; strangling her to the point she lost consciousness, and burning her with a cigarette. Jones is also accused of stealing two phones and starting a fire at the girlfriend’s home in Rudd before leaving. The victim says Jones tied her hands and feet to her bed with a rope on a previous occasion.

About 30 people attended a public hearing hosted by the State Appeals Board Wednesday night at the Youth Enrichment Center on the Floyd County Fairgrounds on a petition challenging the Floyd County budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year. The Coalition for Better County Government, led by Gordon Boge, filed the...

It’s not their “first rodeo in Rockford,” but preparing to be a RAGBRAI pass-through town still takes a lot of work. Rockford RAGBRAI 2022 Committee member Sharon Enabnit says they’ve got a good start for RAGBRAI to come to their Floyd County community this summer. Rockford...

Saturday May 14th at the Floyd County Museum, starting at 1pm. Join Lanie Sanvig as she discusses how she and Cort started brewing and what they have going on currently at the brewery, plus find out a bit about their plans for the future. Event is free and open to...

The State Appeals Board will host a hearing tonight on a petition challenging the Floyd County budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year. The Coalition for Better County Government, led by Gordon Boge, filed the petition in April protesting the “budget of Floyd County, Iowa, for fiscal year 2022-23 and related expenses included therein on renovations to the Floyd County Courthouse and Floyd County Jail facilities and the tax levy to support said 2022-23 fiscal year budget and the expenditures of tax dollars for the year in question.”

Replacing a Floyd County bridge about 10 miles west of Charles City was already planned for later this year. Closing it down four to six months early was not. Floyd County Engineer Jacob Page says the bridge, located on Jersey Avenue, about 0.25 miles north of the intersection with 200th Street, was shut down Tuesday.