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Jim Caufield

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ADEL, Iowa — Three new charges were filed Wednesday against the Perry couple facing first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping charges in the 2017 starvation death of 16-year-old Sabrina Ray. Marc Ray and Misty Bousman Ray were newly charged with ongoing criminal...
Fifteen stone planters stand in regular formation along Willis Avenue in front of Fareway, and soon they each will bloom with red, white and blue petunias thanks to a private-public partnership between the grocery store and the city of...
A mistrial was declared Wednesday in the trial of a Jefferson man accused of sexually abusing his 12-year-old daughter. The child afterward died in a Guthrie Center arson fire. Greene County District Court Judge James Drew declared the mistrial in...
The Optimist Club of Perry welcomed its newest member at the group’s May meeting Wednesday night in the Cellar of La Poste, the last meeting until September. Optimist Club Past President Dr. Randy McCaulley presented a membership certificate, packet and...
Perry-area ladies gathered Tuesday at noon at the First United Methodist Church for a Ladies Day Out salad luncheon, featuring ham balls, lots of salads, homemade rolls and dessert. The ladies lunched in expectation of Motown musical maestro Maurice Jules...
Midge Vannatta of rural Rippey made a quick trip through the American songbook Wednesday morning as she provided the monthly entertainment to the Wednesday Fellowship group at the McCreary Community Building. Vannata, 87, said she has been playing the piano...
Several dozens of lucky diners ate like ginea pigs Tuesday night when they served as taste testers for new dishes on the menu of David's Diner at the Hotel Pattee. Matthew Grimsley, the hotel's newly hired chef, worked his magic...
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation identified Monday the man killed Sunday in the officer-involved shooting near Moorland, Iowa, as Joshua Lee Ewing, 26, of Carroll. Ewing was killed after exchanging gunfire with Iowa State Patrol...
On Saturday, May 5 from 8 a.m. until noon, Perry residents are invited to haul their unwanted items to the Pattee Park parking lot at W. Third Street and Park Road, where a crew from the Perry Public Works...
Firefighters with the Perry Volunteer Fire Department took some outdoor training Saturday morning in the mild spring sunshine. "Primarily, we do our training on a Tuesday evening during the month," Perry Volunteer Fire Department Chief Chris Hinds said, "but we...