Mark Pitz

Mark Pitz is News and Sports Director for KCHA Radio, covering local news and sports across North Iowa. He also hosts Middays with Mark Pitz and is the radio voice of the Nashua-Plainfield Huskies on 95.9 KCHA.

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29 October

Daily Newscast

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KCHA News Podcast for Tuesday, October 29, 2024

KCHA News Podcast for Tuesday, October 29, 2024….segment 1 KCHA News Podcast for Tuesday, October 29, 2024….segment 2 Note: some…
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29 October

Local News

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Pre-Election Day Voting Strong, But Behind, Too

Election Day 2024 is one week from Tuesday (10.29) and the deadline for in-person absentee voting is Monday, Nov. 4..…
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29 October

Local News

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Manhole Casting Work on Main Street in Charles City to Wrap This Week

Manhole adjustments, part of the Main Street rehabilitation in Charles City, will continue this week. Bill Ries with Veenstra &…
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29 October

Local News

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Iowa Sen. Grassley, Others Question USDA Grant Oversight Amid Pure Prairie Poultry Closure

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley (R) and Minnesota Representative Brad Finstad (R) are leading a letter scrutinizing the USDA’s loan and…
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29 October

Local News

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Des Moines Attorney Suggests Floyd County Table Wind Ordinance

Floyd County has asked outside legal counsel for a second opinion on whether a recent ruling against Worth County could…
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28 October

Daily Newscast

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KCHA News Podcast for Monday, October 28, 2024

KCHA News Podcast for Monday, October 28, 2024….segment 1 KCHA News Podcast for Monday, October 28, 2024….segment 2 Note: some…
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28 October

Local News

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Study, Survey for US 18 from Charles City to New Hampton in Closes Monday (10.28)

Time is running short to provide your input to the Iowa Department of Transportation on current and future transportation needs…
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28 October

Local News

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Annual Spookwalk in Charles City Monday (10.28)

A Charles City Halloween tradition returns Monday (10.28) evening with the 29th Spookwalk. Organized by Main Street Charles City, this…
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28 October

Local News

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Details Released on Dead Male Found Near Postville

Authorities continue to seek the public’s help in identifying a man whose dead body was discovered last week in Northeast…
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28 October

Local News

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Floyd County to Get Outside Opinion on Worth County Wind Ordinance Ruling

Floyd County will turn to outside legal counsel for a second opinion on whether a recent ruling against Worth County…
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28 October

Local News

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Iowa AG Department “Depopulates” 1.3 Million Pure Prairie Poultry Chickens

Despite efforts to find a buyer for some 1.3 million broiler chickens left behind by the closure of Pure Prairie…
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25 October

Local News

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Former CCHS Coach Miller Joins Iowa PBS College Wrestling Coverage

A former Charles City High School wrestling coach will join the broadcast team for the return of College Wrestling to…
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25 October

Local News

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Charles City Public Library Goes Haunted Saturday (10.26)

The Charles City Public Library will undergo an “extreme makeover” this weekend. Patron Services Librarian Kamryn Kronschnabel cautions that the…
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25 October

Local News

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Iowa DNR Fishing Report for Week of October 24, 2024

NORTHWEST NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI RIVER SOUTHEAST SOUTHWEST NORTHWEST Black Hawk Lake Water temperature is around 55 degrees. Water clarity is around…
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25 October

Daily Newscast

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KCHA News Podcast for Friday, October 25, 2024

KCHA News Podcast for Friday, October 25, 2024….segment 1 KCHA News Podcast for Friday, October 25, 2024….segment 2 Note: some…
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25 October

Local News

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USDA Awards $2.2 Million for Rural Iowa Clean Energy Projects, Including Cresco Business

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director in Iowa Theresa Greenfield announced Tuesday (10.22) that USDA is providing…
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25 October

Local News

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2024 Halloween Parade, Spook Walk Saturday in New Hampton

Kids and kids at heart are invited to join in the 2024 Halloween Parade Saturday (10.26) morning in New Hampton.…
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24 October

Local News

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Minnesota Man Who Led NEIA Law on High-Speed Pursuit Agrees to Plea Deal

A Minnesota man who led law enforcement on a high-speed chase this past spring that started near New Hampton has…
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24 October

Local News

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PETA to Purchase Billboard in Memorial to Pure Prairie Chickens

PETA has announced plans to purchase a billboard to memorialize the thousands of Pure Prairie Poultry (PPP) chickens that died…
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24 October

Daily Newscast

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KCHA News Podcast for Thursday, October 24, 2024

KCHA News Podcast for Thursday, October 24, 2024….segment 1 KCHA News Podcast for Thursday, October 24, 2024….segment 2 Note: some…
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