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Jim Caufield

Jim Caufield
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A Pontiac Torrent and a Jeep Cherokee collided shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday on Iowa Highway 210 south of Woodward, causing considerable damage to the vehicles but no serious injuries to their occupants. The Dallas County Sheriff's office, Dallas County...
A vehicle left the roadway in the 19000 block of U.S. Highway 169 south of Minburn about 11 p.m. Tuesday and came to rest upside down in the west ditch. Circumstances of the mishap are unknown at this hour, and...
Upwards of 100 people attended last week's Let's Connect kickoff party and ribbon-cutting extravaganza at the downtown Perry Welcome Depot. The event featured a ribbon cutting for the Big Bike, addresses by notable promoters of the Perry-to-Woodward bike trail...
With "substantial completion" achieved on the four-field Pattee Park soccer complex on W. Fifth Street in Pattee Park, the Perry City Council last week approved a payment of $163,000 to Springlake Construction for work completed through Oct. 31. "They're working...
Friends and sympathizers gathered Sunday morning to celebrate the life of Juan Jimenez, 78, of Perry, who died Saturday in a Des Moines hospital after clinging to life for two weeks following an Oct. 29 assault that left a...
With the Thanksgiving holiday season approaching and Americans counting the blessings of our greatness, the Toys for Tots campaign reminds local readers that its annual collection drive begins Monday, Nov. 14. Toys for Tots has been in operation since 1947,...
Visitors and residents alike can feel the ongoing rebirth of culture in a prairie town this weekend at the seventh annual Art on the Prairie festival in Perry, where more than 100 Iowa artists, musicians and poets are gathered...
Juan Jimenez, 78, of Perry, who survived a murderous Oct. 29 assault that left a mother and daughter dead, has reportedly died, according to the administrator of his Gofundme page. Karma Meraz of Perry informed ThePerryNews.com at 12:242 p.m. Saturday...
https://youtu.be/Biq1Nd-eHeE The 19th annual Veterans Day Assembly began at 10 a.m. in the Perry Performing Arts Center with the posting of the colors by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts 2060 and the American Legion Post 85. World War II veteran...
Perry school children showed respectful interest when Nathan Hoffman, a member of Perry's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2060, came to their classrooms last week to explain to them the meaning of Veterans Day. Hoffman was one of several local...