Jim Caufield
The scholarship committee of the Nu Alpha Gamma Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, a professional honor society of women educators, granted two scholarships Friday in honor of longtime Nu Alpha Gamma Chapter member Opal Strassburg of Perry.
Two...
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The latest addition to the range of Perry restaurants opened Thursday morning in Caboose Park when the Calderon brothers of Perry hosted a ribbon cutting at their new business, El Mago.
El Mago is the Spanish word for Magician --...
Jim and Ruth Hartman, longtime owners of Hartman Floral and Greenhouses in Perry, worked a morning shift Wednesday and then turned over the shop to its new owners, saying they will miss their friends and customers but looking forward...
Many Perry-area bicyclists are in the midst of RAGBRAI XLIV this week, the 44th annual Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa. Riders stopped in Leon Tuesday for the third night of the seven-day-and-six-night trek.
Monday night's stopover spot was...
When the last standing outbuilding of the old Yankee Robinson Shows collapsed along Iowa Highway 141 east of Granger last week, the dust it raised did not mark the end of an era. The era of wagon circuses and...
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Imagine the Perry High School football team dominating an opponent, such as Jefferson, between the stripes of Dewey Field on a cool Friday night in fall before hundreds of loyal Bluejay fans. It is pleasant to imagine such a...
The CIA held its annual convention in Perry Thursday, but the security level was green because this CIA stands for the Consortium of Iowa Archivists.
About 20 CIA members were hosted by Hometown Heritage in Perry, custodian of the archives...
Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire in an empty trailer Wednesday at Peters Service Center in Perry. There were no injuries in the blaze, which was reported about 9 p.m.
The Perry Police Department, Perry First Responders and...
Gaining steam and numbers, the All-'70s Reunion planning committee put their heads together Monday night for a brainstorming session for next summer's event.
Among the roughly 20 brainstormers who gathered at the Hotel Pattee for refreshments and planning were Andy...
The Perry Food Pantry received its share Tuesday of the proceeds from last month's Cram the Cab Campaign, which saw the Dallas County Farm Bureau and Perry Fareway team up to collect hundreds of donated food items and raise...
