This Iowa Park Lets You Take Home 375-Million-Year-Old Fossils For Free

You can find a fossil within a few steps of your car at this Iowa spot. Then you get to keep it. The fossils here are shells and corals from an ancient sea. Many are around 375 million years old. They sit in the rock of an old quarry. I...

Farm Feature Friday: Randy Swestka

“This isn’t my farm. This has never been my farm. It has always been my mom & dad’s farm. Without them, I wouldn’t have what I have now. I owe it all to them.” -Randy Swestka. Add KCHA News as a preferred source on Google to...

Charles City High School Principal Levi Crawford-Miller Highlights School Year, Winter Activities and Student Success

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS BROUGHT TO YOU BY FLOYD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER:. Charles City High School Principal Levi Crawford-Miller joined KCHA to discuss the school year so far, student achievements in athletics and fine arts, and upcoming winter activities and holiday events. He also highlighted improvements to the school day, a new personal finance graduation requirement, career readiness opportunities, and ways students are giving back to the community.

Tracking a sub-freezing Friday morning

Clearing skies overnight will help temps cool well below the freezing mark coming into our Friday morning.

November 10th Cattle Sale Results

Here are your November 10th Cattle Sale Results powered by Waverly Sales Company. Starting in the Fat Steers, the top bid went to Nelson Zimmerman, bringing $215.00. With Fat Heifers, Koenigsfeld Enterprise LLC took top honors at $213.25 for two head weighing 1,345 pounds. Moving to Dairy Fats, with 48...

Trinity United Methodist Church in Charles City Hosting Thanksgiving Dinner November 15, Holiday Events in December

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS BROUGHT TO YOU BY FLOYD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER:. Pastor Don Preston of Trinity United Methodist Church in Charles City joined KCHA to share details about the church’s annual drive-through Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday, November 15, beginning at approximately 11:30 a.m. The freewill offering meal will feature turkey, dressing, potatoes, vegetables, and pie, with serving continuing until the food runs out. Preston also highlighted upcoming holiday activities, including Christmas concerts, the church’s annual Extravaganza, special Christmas Eve services, and an Advent Bible study.

Iowa housing inventory grows as Franklin County prices rise

Iowa’s housing market had more homes available for buyers in October, while sales activity slowed with the seasonal shift toward winter. Locally, Franklin County saw fewer home sales but higher prices compared with a year ago. According to the latest figures from Iowa REALTORS®, the state had 10,737 active...

Aplington-Parkersburg defeats West Lyon 27-22

Voter turnout in Cerro Gordo County the highest for a midterm election this century

MASON CITY — Boards of Supervisors across the state of Iowa certified election results on Tuesday, bringing to an end the 2026 midterm elections. In Cerro Gordo County, 62.6% of the registered voters cast a ballot in last Tuesday’s election, an all-time high voter turnout for a midterm election in the 21st Century.

Franklin County post-election audit finds no discrepancies

A post-election audit in Franklin County found a perfect match between hand-counted ballots and results reported by voting machines during the Nov. 3 general election. The Franklin County Auditor’s Office conducted the required audit Monday, Nov. 9, after the Secretary of State randomly selected a precinct for review. Under...

SALUTE TO VETERANS | Chance meeting leads to long Navy career

(WOODBURN) — It’s hard to believe that just passing time on the second floor of a Mason City, Iowa, building could end up sending a teenager to sea. But that’s […]

High school football — Clear Lake prepares to face Des Moines Christian in 3A semifinals

CEDAR FALLS — It’s two days in the books and two more to go for the semifinal round of the state football playoffs at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The final game of the semifinals will take place tomorrow night when 2nd-ranked Clear Lake faces 3rd-ranked Des Moines Christian in a Class 3A semifinal.