Jim Caufield
The J. J. Express performed in the lobby of the Hotel Pattee in Perry Friday night, and the fireplace got pretty hot when Elaine Mattingly, vocalist for the trio, belted out the 1929 Ethel Waters jazz classic, "My Handy...
Dick Shoesmith of Perry, a 39-year employee of Alliant Energy, joined the Alliant team Friday night for their annual Christmas-in-January party at the Hotel Pattee in Perry.
Adorning the festivities was a wooden replica of Reddy Kilowatt, longtime corporate logo...
Members of the Perry Volunteer Fire Department and Dallas County EMS took advantage of the mild weather Saturday afternoon to remove the Christmas lights from the trees outside the Raccoon Valley Bank along Warford Street in downtown Perry.
A pickup truck left the roadway at the intersection of U.S. Highway 169 and Iowa Highway 141 Friday about 6:10 p.m., leading to minor damage to the vehicle and a trip to the hospital for its driver.
Agencies responding to...
Too young to vote but not too young to have political opinions, about 50,000 Iowa high school students took part in a statewide presidential straw poll this week, organized by the office of Iowa Secretary of State Paul D....
A four-vehicle accident on Iowa Highway 141 at First Avenue in Perry about 2:30 p.m. Thursday led to emergency calls for extra ambulances when as many as five injuries were reported.
Details are still sketchy at this hour, but the...
HOSPERS, IOWA — An Alton man was arrested Friday after about 700 hogs were found dead in a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) near the northwest Iowa town of Hospers.
Keaven Faber, 24, is charged with animal neglect-death or serious...
The American anthropologist Margaret Mead famously said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
A small group of thoughtful, committed Perry residents gathered Monday night...
The death Sunday of Des Moines architect and developer Kirk Blunck deepens the uncertainty over the future of two historic buildings in the downtown Perry cultural district.
Blunck, 62, was found dead Sunday afternoon in his office in Des Moines'...
A Mitsubishi Lancer collided head on with an Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) snow plow shortly after 4 p.m. Monday on Iowa Highway 141 near I Court.
Perry Police and Perry First Responders were first on the scene, with agents...
