Jim Caufield
Kirsten Carstarphen of Iowa City, Perry High School Class of 2010 graduate, went through a White Coat ceremony recently, marking her admission to a doctoral program in the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy.
Carstarphen double majored in biology and...
Two sisters with central Iowa roots -- Betsy Peterson of Perry and Jill Clark of Bucharest, Romania -- met last week for their every-three-years reunion.
The girls grew up in the Des Moines area as the Mabel sisters, with their...
News travels fast in a small town and when word got out the Hotel Pattee has a new chef, many of the town's most distinguished residents came to try the newest fare.
Among the most distinguished local personages sampling Wednesday's...
Daniel Ramirez, 32, of 2021 Fourth St. in Perry was arrested about 9:45 p.m. Friday by an officer of the Perry Police Department on a Dallas County warrant for probation violation on an original charge of driving while suspended.
Perry...
An incident Friday night involving a distraught man who was briefly held at gunpoint in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery and later kept law enforcement officers in a standoff ended peacefully. There were no arrests.
A caller reported about 9 p.m....
A man wanted on a Dallas County arrest warrant was taken into custody at gunpoint about 9:45 p.m. Friday by an officer of the Perry Police Department. There were no injuries.
Five officers responded to back up Perry Police Department Officer...
A distraught man who was briefly held at gunpoint in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery Friday night about 10 p.m. remains in a standoff with law enforcement officers at this hour, but he is described as "contained."
A caller reported about...
When Mark Land, vice president with the Ankeny-based Snyder and Associates engineering firm, pitched the idea to the Perry City Council late last year of joining the newly formed Beaver Creek Watershed Management Authority (WMA), it took him about...
The Walking School Bus marched from the Perry High School bell right on time Friday morning, fearlessly led by Misty Von Behren from the Perry Public Library.
Now in its third year, the Walking School Bus is a program of...
A healthy mind in a healthy body is the goal of the Perry Public Library's new Book-A-Bike program.
Anyone with a current library card in good standing can now check out a bicycle for an hour or a day through...