Jim Caufield
Perfect summer weather greeted Perry-area youngsters and their elders Saturday at the fifth annual Perry Public Safety Day, staged in the parking lot of the Perry Hy-Vee.
Demonstrations of life-saving gear used by police officers, firefighters and ambulance paramedics were...
DES MOINES, Iowa -- "I have had enough," Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Thursday as she lashed out at U.S. President Joe Biden in defense of Iowa's law prohibiting mask mandates by school districts and local governments.
On Wednesday Biden...
A pickup truck came to rest on its top in a ditch west of the Woodward Resource Center Wednesday night.
Victims were treated at the scene by the Boone County EMS. It is unknown at this hour whether any victims...
Mark Mash of rural Adel was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in connection with the Dec. 22, 2020, shooting death of his nephew, Jakob Mash, 20, of Perry.
The jury, composed of nine females and three males, returned the...
A tractor was hauling a grain bin through Perry Sunday morning when it was stopped by an officer of the Perry Police Department on suspicion of violating the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) width limits.
The tractor was pulling a...
The 41st annual Adel Sweet Corn Festival opened with a 9:30 a.m. parade Saturday, and by 11 a.m. the grounds around the county courthouse were dense with corn-loving suburbanites, basking in the sun and waiting to fill their plates.
Upwards...
An off-highway vehicle (OHV) struck a tree along the river south of Perry early Saturday evening, bringing an emergency response from several public safety agencies.
The driver of the OHV was treated at the scene by Dallas County EMS and...
A West Des Moines man fled police in Jefferson Thursday at speeds exceeding 110 mph, and he was shot four times with a taser when he tried to flee on foot.
William Matthew Magneson Jr., 26, of 3000 University Ave.,...
Earthwork began this week on the two latest legs of the Let’s Connect Trail Project. The trail extension will eventually connect the Raccoon River Valley Trail (RRVT) and High Trestle Trail (HTT), making Perry a two-trailhead town and a magnet...
The American Legion Osborne Post 99 in Minburn presented a $1,000 donation Friday to the Ride the Thin Blue Line (RTBL) Committee, which is directing a memorial project for all Iowa law enforcement officers who have died in the...
