Jim Caufield
MINBURN, Iowa -- The Minburn Volunteer Fire Department responded to a field fire about 4:15 p.m. Sunday in timber on 180th Street north of Minburn.
The firefighting crew attacked the fire as it smoldered in a stand of trees and...
John Lenz of Perry, for 10 years the maintenance director at the McCreary Community Building in Perry, was treated to a going-away party Friday by the staff and many patrons of the MCB and other city workers.
Lenz will soon...
Raccoon Valley Bank Senior Vice President Chuck Painter will put in his last workday Tuesday, retiring after 32 years as the community bank's consumer and residential real estate loan officer.
His fellow employees and a steady stream of well wishers...
The Perry Hy-Vee sponsored a fundraising event for the Dewey Field renovations Friday that featured a cookout, music by the PHS Pep Band, a silent auction and activities for adults and children.
The highlight of the evening fundraiser came at...
MINBURN, Iowa -- Freedom isn't free. Nor is it light, as witnesses learned when they saw the 18-ton Dallas County Freedom Rock erected in Minburn Saturday morning along U.S. Highway 169.
Dennis Allen of Herndon and Steve Salzer of Perry...
The Perry Police Department and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will host a drug take-back event on National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Perry Hy-Vee as 1215 Highway...
The Humane Society of Perry needs to relocate the Cattery, the society's state-licensed cat shelter that occupies a corner of the old F. K. Stokely Lumber Co. barn standing between W. Second and McColl streets in downtown Perry.
Through the...
GRANGER, Iowa -- Firefighters are battling an out-of-control field fire at this hour that has destroyed several buildings and threatens to reach the timber at 17763 V Ave. in rural Granger.
The fire was reported about 3 p.m. on farm...
The 150 sixth graders in the Perry Middle School hosted a "Trip around the World" culture fair Wednesday morning, with seven classrooms serving as virtual continents for local explorers to tour.
Carla Wood, Perry Middle School social studies teacher, said...
A controlled burn of farm fields along Iowa Highway 141 south of Jamaica raised a large cloud of smoke at dusk Wednesday evening.
Firefighters with the Jamaica Volunteer Fire Department managed the blaze, which blackened about 70 acres of farm...