Home Authors Posts by Jim Caufield

Jim Caufield

Jim Caufield
4188 POSTS 303 COMMENTS
Pancakes, sausage and beverages were served up fresh at the Rippey United Methodist Church Sunday, with donations supporting the Women at the Well Congregation at the Iowa Correctional Facility for Women in Mitchellville. "Our hours are a little shorter," said...
  Saturday’s Fiber Art Fair in Perry's Downtown Cultural District, sponsored by Art on the Prairie and La Poste, brought a splash of color and character to half-a-dozen venues. The day was filled with classes and demonstrations of the sempstress' arts...
https://youtu.be/DS863GV5Sv4 Family members and friends of Army Command Sgt. Maj. Marilyn Gabbard gathered in Boone Saturday morning for a dedication ceremony to one of Iowa's finest military heroes and the highest-ranked enlisted woman in Iowa Guard history ever to be killed in action. Many...
A report of smoke in the apartment house at 2811 Warford St. brought the Perry Police Department and the Perry Volunteer Fire Department to the scene shortly before 6 p.m. Friday. Firefighters used a thermal imaging camera to locate the...
A Perry woman was issued a citation Thursday evening for failure to yield upon entering a through highway after the moped she was driving struck a motor vehicle on North Street between Second and Third streets in Perry. Amanda Martin...
  More than 70 light poles in Perry's Downtown Cultural District -- along with bike racks, benches, hand rails, you name it -- are sheathed in colorful yarn this week in preparation for Saturday's Fiber Art Fair, sponsored by Art...
A collision involving a 10-year-old girl on a moped and a motor vehicle occurred shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday on North Street between Second and Third streets in Perry. The child was treated at the scene by the Perry First...
Thursday's running of the Mary Waggie Relays at the PHS Jim Kaufman track was a fitting tribute to a Perry teacher who once said of her profession, "For a teacher to live forever in the heart and memory of even...
The Perry Fareway raised $1,503.52 from its patriotic customers last week, who donated dollars in the annual "Round Up" fundraiser for the Perry Fourth of July fireworks. Fareway Manager Travis Landgrebe gave special praise to Phyllis Manternach-Barr, whose cashiering skills...
Third graders from the Perry Elementary School enjoyed a treat Monday when they traveled to the Des Moines Civic Center to the Sones de México Ensemble, a premier folk music group from Chicago, and their favor was returned Wednesday when...