Jim Caufield
The fourth annual Walking School Bus begins Friday, Sept. 1 at 7:30 a.m. in front of Perry High School Performing Arts Center at 1200 18th St. Registration for the healthy alternative began at Monday's Back to School Night and is...
A flock of urban yardbirds was spotted Tuesday browsing amid the shrubbery in a quiet neighborhood in Perry. The sporadic crow of a lusty cock could be heard among the dozen or so less voluble hens, the whole lending...
A brewing legal dispute between two Woodward property owners over a fence believed to lie partly on each one's land and partly on city property has possibly been calmed -- and possibly enflamed -- by means of a simple...
A 2-year-old child from Minneapolis, Minn., was killed on U.S. Interstate Monday about 4:15 p.m. when a semi hauling hogs rear ended a car and then rolled into the median.
The three-vehicle pileup occurred at the 99 mile marker of...
At about 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10 a man bought five reloadable debit cards and other items at the Perry Dollar General Store using six $100 bills. The bills were later discovered to be counterfeit.
According to the Perry Police...
A West Des Moines man arrested Monday for a Redfield bank robbery has confessed to a July 21 bank robbery in casey.
Shawn Michael Antisdel, 38, of West Des Moines was arrested by the Dallas County Sheriff's office in the...
A tribute to Perry's industrial heritage was raised downtown Tuesday morning in the form of a sculpture by Des Moines artist John Brommel.
The 15-foot artwork, erected in the boulevard median on Willis Avenue at Second Street, figures a gear-driven...
Three-term Perry Mayor Jay Pattee announced at Monday night's meeting of the Perry City Council that he will not be a candidate in the Nov. 7 regular city election.
"I've made it clear a number of times," Pattee told the...
A Des Moines man leveled a crab apple tree with his vehicle Friday in downtown Perry while attempting to multitask.
Birhane Zewale Desta of 1222 E. Emma Ave., #33, in Des Moines was entering Third Street from the Raccoon Valley...
A statement issued Monday by St. Patrick Catholic School in Perry said the school's former principal, Doug Latham, will serve as interim principal while a search committee begins the process to hire a permanent leader.
"Latham is filling in after...
