Ray Harden
Members of the Perry Lions Club last week made their semi-annual trek along Iowa Highway 141 as members of the Dallas County Adopt-a-Highway program.
The local Lions collected several hundred pounds of refuse on their adopted stretch of Iowa Highway...
To the editor:
I received two telephone calls Thursday about the terrible stench affecting the town of Bouton. Manure was being applied on a tilled farm field at the intersection of 335th Street and U.S. Highway 169. The wind was...
Perry Hy-Vee Store Director Matt May was the guest speaker at this week’s Perry Lions Club meeting.
May passed out red holiday seedless grapes to the club members, a new variety of grape Hy-Vee now carries. He described the U.S.-grown...
When I mowed my lawn the first week in September, I noticed my "friends" who were with me all summer were gone. This month I am mowing alone.
Mowing two acres of grass on a hot summer day is often...
This is the time of year when the monarchs are migrating through Iowa to their winter roost in the Michoacán Mountains west of Mexico City.
The discovery of the monarchs' winter nesting ground on Jan. 2, 1975, by scientists Ken...
The Mudd Foot River Billies held their sixth annual carp fishing tournament Saturday, Aug. 29. Forty-three fishermen and one fisherwoman registered for the event at Pattee Park. The tournament is a fundraising project for children with Cystic Fibrosis.
Tournament rules...
As soon as we entered the lake from our portage, I saw an unusual sight. A moose was swimming across the lake. In my 40 years of fishing in the North Woods, I had never seen a moose swimming.
My...
Members of the Perry Lions Club were addressed at their August meeting by Iowa Lions Club First Vice District Governor Ken Klemish of Adair, who praised the Perry Lions for their recent community activities and commended the growth seen over...
A few inches above the top of the prairie grass, scores of dragonflies darted through the air, feeding on other insects, such as gnats, flies and mosquitoes. Dragonflies are also called “devil’s darning needles” and “stingers,” but they are...
Several people have asked me about small blue birds that come to their feeders. These sparrow-sized birds are indigo buntings and are being seen more frequently than in past years.
The male’s brilliant cobalt-blue color makes it one of Iowa’s...