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Jim Caufield

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With another successful Shop with a Cop season complete, the Christmas Food Basket program is next in line to deliver happiness to people across Dallas County. Baskets will be delivered Thursday. From their staging grounds at the Dallas County Extension...
Perry-area peace officers -- plus firefighters and paramedics -- converged Saturday for the annual Shop with a Cop program in Perry, in which public safety personnel share the hope of Christmas with local children and families in need. Perry Police...
The ecumenical Christmas festival of Las Posadas made its symbolic trek across the Holy Land of Perry Friday night, with a homeless Mary and Joseph seeking shelter in a cold, dark and unloving world, as friendless as undocumented immigrants...
The Flags over Perry project, a joint effort by the Perry Lions Club and the Perry Optimists Club to bring Old Glory to every yard, is starting its third year, and the results are more red, white and blue...
A house fire early Friday in Perry brought a quick response from the Perry Volunteer Fire Department, which brought the blaze under control before major structural damage occurred. The fire at 1601 First Ave. in Perry, on the northwest corner...
Andrew Brommer, the new financial advisor at Edward Jones in Perry, hosted members of the Perry Chamber of Commerce  Friday at a monthly Coffee Time event. Chamber President Emily Leslie thanked the 20 members attending the morning meeting and welcomed...
Just as students receive report cards that grade their performance, so the Iowa Department of Education releases its yearly Iowa School Report Cards for school districts statewide. Detailed findings for the 2017 report card are available on the state's...
Dallas County Sheriff Chad Leonard rolled out his department's new 12-prisoner transport van Tuesday, a Ram Promaster 3500 bought from the Stew Hansen dealership in Urbandale for about $60,000. "We just picked this up yesterday," Leonard said. "We'll be using this...
https://youtu.be/bGkG7N-J2FM After more than one year of renovations, Perry Beauty is hosting a grand opening today, Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 1217 Willis Ave. The public is welcome to stop in and enjoy some fresh and very tasty egg rolls and...
A changing of the guard on the Woodward City Council took up most of Monday night's brief meeting, with three new council members sworn in and a new mayor pro tem appointed. Woodward Mayor Brian Devick, sporting a heart monitor...