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Jim Caufield

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A two-vehicle collision involving a Dallas County Sheriff's office patrol car and a private vehicle occurred about 9 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of County Road P58 and County Road F31 near the Washington Township School south of Perry. It...
The seed has been sown on Mark Golightly's planned 3.7-acre prairie and wildlife sanctuary at 1815 Park St. in Perry, a refuge promising both beauty to the neighborhood and solid ecological benefits to the Perry area. The Perry City Council...
In a gesture befitting a war hero, Jim Haas of Perry died on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2017. He was 95. His polished manners and gentle, genial humor were a delight to those who knew him, and his death...
A driver swerved to avoid a deer crossing U.S. Highway 169 early Thursday and rolled her vehicle, which was then struck by a second vehicle just north of 120th Place in Boone County. Deputy sheriffs from both Dallas and Boone...
The EDGE Youth Group of the Perry First Christian Church hosted its 12th annual Before-the-Turkey Soup Supper Wednesday evening, with donations directed to the Perry Police Department’s Shop with a Cop program. Several hundred people were served a great variety...
A Perry man was arrested Wednesday on an arson charge in connection with a fire earlier in the day in west Perry at the home of Perry Volunteer Fire Department Chief Chris Hinds. Colton Jennings Siglin, 26, a resident of...
Firefighters with the Perry Volunteer Fire Department were still sweating from their response to a house fire on west Lucinda Street Wednesday afternoon when they were called about 2:45 p.m. to the scene of a second incident: a two-car...
A house fire was reported about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday at 308 Lucinda St. in Perry, the home of Perry Volunteer Fire Department Chief Chris Hinds. There were no injuries in the incident, which is under investigation at this hour. Smoke could...
Thanks to first-rate safety gear, such as his Bell motorcycle helmet and First Gear cycling jacket, Tony Tice of rural Perry survived a collision Monday night when his motorcycle struck a deer on G Avenue is Boone County. "He is...
In one way or another, nearly everyone has been touched by the topic of suicide. Nearly everyone knows someone who has taken his own life. Ryan Nesbit, co-chair of the Iowa Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, stopped...