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Jim Caufield

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The Perry Volunteer Fire Department responded to a chimney fire reported Wednesday morning at Wiese Industries in Perry. No injuries were reported in the blaze in the furnace exhaust stack, which was reported about 8:45 a.m. in the 1500 block...
Saturday evening's severe thunderstorm left Perry largely unscathed, but one family in north Perry bore the brunt when high winds overturned their carport. Steve and Brenda Golay of 2002 Fifth St. said the structure has withstood many storms in its...
Some two dozen companies, ranging from banking and construction to McDonald's fast food and the U.S. military, tabled in the Perry High School gymnasium Friday for the annual job fair. Hundreds of students made the rounds of the tables, chatting...
The Bock Family Foundation Inc. of Perry, established in 2002 by the estates of Larry Bock and Barbara Bock, resumed the in-person awarding of grants Monday, bestowing $57,892 on 18 Dallas County projects in its spring 2022 granting cycle. The...
Prett' near the whole town of Perry turned out Friday morning to congratulate Larry Vodenik on his retirement. After 20 years as the community events director at the Perry Hy-Vee, Larry will step away from the role -- but not...
A camper caught fire in rural Perry Tuesday night amid the thunder, lightning and high winds of a severe weather watch. No injuries were reported in the blaze at 21001 130th St., which fully engulfed the vehicle. The cause of the fire...
Perry firefighters fought a garage fire -- along with wind and rain -- in rural Boone County north of Perry Tuesday afternoon. No injuries were reported in the fire at 513 335th St., which was reported shortly after 12 p.m....
"April is the cruelest month," a poet once said, and the time bears it out. Mister Brown, the stray dog whose story captured the hearts of Perry's animal lovers last summer, was euthanized Monday after his liver ceased to function...
Charges are pending in connection with the Sunday night house fire at 22760 Laredo Trail south of Perry, according to a spokesperson for the Dallas County Sheriff's office. A statement issued Monday morning by the Minburn Volunteer Fire Department said...
Two people suffered burn injuries Sunday night in a house fire south of Perry. The fire at 22760 Laredo Trail was reported about 8 p.m. The Minburn Volunteer Fire Department responded and controlled the blaze, with mutual aid from the Dallas...