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Jim Caufield

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A high-speed pursuit across Perry ended about 3:45 a.m. Sunday with an arrest near First and Willis avenues. A man in a GMC Sierra pickup truck reached speeds of 70 mph on Warford Street before the vehicle became disabled and...
A one-vehicle mishap occurred on Iowa Highway 141 west of Woodward about 7 p.m. Saturday. No injuries were reported. The four-door sedan appeared to leave the roadway of the westbound lanes of Iowa Highway 141 and entered the median, coming to...
New life has been breathed into the old church at 1402 Warford St. since the property was acquired a month ago by the Ebenezer Iglesia Bautista Hispana. Workers were seen Saturday afternoon atop the church, demolishing the upper portion of...
The city of Perry is eligible for up to $1,143,905.63 in pandemic relief through the 2021 American Rescue Package Act (ARPA), according to figures released by the state of Iowa. Some 930 Iowa cities with populations smaller than 50,000 --...
Fireworks compliance and complaints in Perry were slightly improved over last year's Fourth of July season, according to the Perry City Council's ad hoc fireworks committee, formed last year to look closely at the issue. Perry Police Chief Eric Vaughn,...
A Casey man was arrested Thursday on a Dallas County warrant in connection with a Saturday night incident in which a dispute over fireworks in Redfield led him allegedly to threaten to kill a Des Moines man. Austin John Worthington,...
A hree-vehicle accident with minor injuries was reported about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 2800 block of First Avenue in Perry. The Dallas County EMS responded and examined parties at the scene. The circumstances of the mishap are under investigation at...
When Ali Gdid got home from his shift at the Tyson Fresh Meats factory a couple of weeks ago, he found his neighbor to the south, the McKee Auto Center, had built a fence so close to his garage...
GRAND JUNCTION, Iowa -- Ten area fire departments responded to a blaze in an old grocery store building in downtown Grand Junction Sunday morning. No injuries were reported in the fire at 301 Main St. E., which was reported shortly...
A Perry woman was arrested Monday after a 7-year-old child in her care shot a hole through the wall of the house with a pistol. Breanna Marie Mrazek, 30, of 705 William St., Perry, was charged with making firearms available...