Jim Caufield
A crack-sealing crew from Parking Lot Specialties LLC is making progress on some 50 blocks of Perry's streets this week.
The Carlisle-based company won the contract for the job with a bid of $24,700, which was nearly 50% below the...
At least one person was injured Tuesday afternoon in a one-vehicle rollover accident on Moran curve on Iowa Highway 141 south of Woodward.
The incident occurred about 3:15 p.m. in the 15200 block of Iowa Highway 141.
The demolished vehicle came...
It was at about this time last year when the derecho wind storm ravaged Perry and lay waste to a wide swathe of central Iowa.
Thankfully, no injuries were reported, but trees were split and power lines downed by the...
The Perry School Board approved a plan Monday night to start fall classes in the same way they finished them last spring when it comes to rules about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Classes start Aug. 23 for first...
A fire alarm late Sunday at the Perry Public Library was determined to be false by the Perry Volunteer Fire Department.
The alarm was triggered shortly after 11:30 p.m. An officer with the Perry Police Department was first on the...
Denise Laborde of Perry hosted a Zoom birthday party Sunday afternoon for her husband, Larry Laborde, who turned 75.
Dozens of virtual guests from around the nation attended the online party, with friends from Northern California and the Southwestern particularly...
Perry's legendary Brown Dog made it through surgery Friday to set his broken leg.
The veterinarian said Brown Dog handled the anesthesia well, and a 12-hole plate that spans both breaks was implanted in his left hind leg.
Lynn Daniels was...
A car and a truck collided in or near the intersection of Iowa Highway 141 and Iowa Highway 144 (J Avenue) about 3 p.m. Saturday.
No injuries were reported.
The vehicles removed to the shoulder of the southbound lane of J...
A stove fire was reported in a Perry residence about 7:45 p.m. Friday, with smoke filling the house and the occupants evacuated.
Officers of the Perry Police Department and firefighters with the Perry Volunteer Fire Department responded to the 1100...
Friday was Appreciation Day for volunteers at the Perry Food Pantry, with many of the nearly 50 helpers gathering at the Perry Perk coffeehouse for coffee, cookies and a well-deserved pat on the back from Perry Food Pantry Site...
