Jim Caufield
With the spirit of gift giving still in the air of Perry, Eduardo Garcia of Clive set up his street-vendor's tent Saturday at the corner of Willis Avenue and Third Street.
"It's not too cold," said Garcia, owner of El...
After remodeling the old Dallas County poor farm to the tune of about $5.5 million, the Dallas County Board of Supervisors hosted an open house last month in the newly christened Human Services Campus (HSC) at 25747 N Ave....
Pineapple was the surprise ingredient.
Part of the challenge of the triennial Dallas County 4-H Cooking Contest is the surprise ingredient, sprung on the young chefs at the last minute and required in at least one of their dishes.
For Team...
Demolition is underway at the site of the former Farmers Cooperative (FC) west of Perry at the corner of 130th Street and I Avenue -- just north of Tyson Fresh Meats and east of the brownfields.
FC relocated its operation in...
Adel's popular Brick Street Books and Cafe now has a sister store across the square in the Brick Street Bakery, which started selling sweets earlier this month in the former home of Al Dente Toffee at 109 N. Ninth...
The Dallas County Hospital, in partnership with the Food Bank of Iowa and the Hunger-Free Dallas County initiative, hosted a holiday-time mobile food pantry Wednesday from 4–6 p.m. in the hospital’s north parking lot.
The DCH volunteers used a drive-through...
Sustained applause followed Dallas County Auditor Gene Krumm's farewell address to the citizens of Dallas County Tuesday morning. The three-term auditor spoke during the open forum at this week's meeting of the Dallas County Board of Supervisors, the last...
Tuesday's removal of the aluminum fascia and exposure of the old Conklin Jewelers facade awoke local memories of Perry a generation and more ago as demolition continues at the La Paris Est. 1869 LLC building at 1102 Second St....
A one-vehicle rollover on Iowa Highway 141 Monday afternoon left a motorist trapped until released by emergency service personnel.
The SUV left the roadway about 3:40 p.m. and came to rest beside the northbound curve of Iowa Highway 141, where...
The four-month exhibition of paintings by Gary Ernest Smith that opened in August in downtown Perry and in Ames closes Jan. 6, so lovers of soothing and serene rural images from the last century have only a few more...
