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Jim Caufield

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The first annual Perry Youth Basketball Tournament began Saturday, with six towns bringing some 65 players to the hardwoods in the Perry High School and Perry Middle School gyms. Saturday's competitors were drawn from third and fifth grade boys in...
In preparation for Sunday's celebration of the feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe, students at St. Patrick Catholic School constructed a large mosaic of the saint, with each student hand coloring one of the tiles. The mosaic was unveiled in...
Slippery road conditions on Iowa Highway 141 near Perry continued to hamper motorists Thursday morning. A pickup truck overturned on Iowa Highway 141 just west of First Avenue in Perry about 6:45 a.m. No injuries were reported in the one-vehicle mishap. The...
Slick roads have caused multiple motor vehicle crashes Thursday morning, including a rollover accident that entrapped a motorist on Iowa Highway 141 at the Bouton corner. The Bouton Volunteer Fire Department used emergency equipment to extricate the driver, who was...
A delegation of state education officials visited classrooms in the Perry Elementary School Tuesday in order to see at first hand how the district's computer science curriculum is enriching student learning. In April 2019, the Perry Elementary School was one...
Starting in 2022, the Perry Food Pantry will operate out of new quarters located just east of their current location, and they are busy remodeling one of the former independent-living apartments that face Willis Avenue in order to serve...
The Perry City Council made another step toward banning the use of consumer fireworks in town Monday when it approved the first reading of the proposed new ordinance. The council vote was four to one, with council member Chuck Schott...
Like babes in toy land, volunteers with the Perry Toys for Tots program were busily bagging up bundles of comfort and joy Monday for our local little ones. John and Linda Andorf of Perry are the longtime local organizers of...
Sunday night's high winds rekindled a smoldering fire on Perry's north side, bringing the Perry Volunteer Fire Department to the scene to extinguish the blaze. The fire was reported about 7:45 p.m. in a burn pile at 12813 K Dr.,...
BOUTON, Iowa -- After manufacturing Headhunter combine header trailers in the Perry area for 15 years, including the last 11 eleven years in Bouton, Dose Steelworks is moving to a facility four times as large in Story City. Brett Dose,...