Jeff Webster
Every so often a comment, a photo, a song, an act -- something of the sort -- will come along and make a powerful statement about a difficult subject and do so in a way that has a lasting...
WOODWARD -- West Central Valley dodged a pair of would-be game-tying 3-pointers in the finals seconds Tuesday to leave Woodward-Granger with a 52-49 win in a WCC boys cage thriller.
The game was close throughout, with the Wildcats hitting free...
WOODWARD -- West Central Valley outscored Woodward-Granger by 12 points in the second half to score a 49-43 come-from-behind win in girls WCC basketball Tuesday.
The Wildcats held a 12-10 advantage after the opening eight minutes of play, but the...
The Perry Community School District Board of Education heard from the principals of all three buildings and received reports from numerous other departments during their January meeting Monday.
The first matter discussed was an update on Instructional Practices Inventory (IPI)...
Perry High School teacher Eddie Diaz led a multi-themed discussion entitled, "The United States at War: The Latino Experience 1942-2005," at the McCreary Community Building auditorium Tuesday.
Presented by the Perry Public Library through a grant from the American Library...
Host Perry had the scoreboard humming Tuesday in an 86-67 win over Bondurant-Farrar in their Raccoon River Conference boys basketball meeting.
Perry (6-5, 4-2) scored 25 points in the second quarter and another 34 in the third to fend off...
A suffocating defensive effort from Perry held visiting Bondurant-Farrar to just eight field goals on 38 shots (21 percent) and forced 24 turnovers to fuel a 52-25 victory in Raccoon River Conference girls basketball Tuesday.
Perry (7-6, 3-3) has won...
AMES -- The Perry wrestling team competed in the always-tough Mendenhall Invite Saturday, with a quintet of Bluejays earning spots on the final podium.
The 17-team field included a wide range of Class 3A schools as well as others with...
COON RAPIDS -- Four of the 11 Woodward-Granger wrestlers in action reached the finals of the Crusader Invitational Saturday, with three Hawks earning the top spot on the podium.
Those efforts, and an all-around strong team performance, allowed W-G to...
JEFFERSON -- Republican presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson made a campaign stop in Jefferson Monday, with the candidate speaking to, and answering questions from, a crowd numbering nearly 200 at Abundant Life Ministries.
A neurosurgeon by trade, Carson joked that...