Jim Caufield
A child discharged a firearm in a Perry residence Monday afternoon, according to public safety radio traffic.
No injuries were reported.
The incident occurred about 4 p.m. in the 700 block of William Street.
The Perry Police Department is investigating the incident...
A vehicle left the roadway of Iowa Highway 141 Friday morning and rolled onto its side.
No injuries were reported in the one-vehicle mishap, which occurred about 3:45 a.m. on the state highway near the intersection of I Court and...
AMES, Iowa — A Union Pacific Railroad spokesperson has revised to about 25 the number of train cars involved in a derailment just east of downtown Ames Thursday afternoon, as first reported by ThePerryNews.com.
Robynn Tysver, media relations manager with...
AMES, Iowa -- The Union Pacific Railroad derailment that occurred just east of downtown Ames about 1:40 p.m. Thursday involved eight cars, according to a railroad spokesperson, not the 25 cars as originally reported by ThePerryNews.com.
Robynn Tysver, media relations...
AMES, Iowa -- Some 25 cars of a Union Pacific Railroad train derailed just east of downtown Ames about 1:40 p.m. Thursday, according to the Ames Police Department.
The Ames Fire Department has responded and is staging at the intersection...
Masons were seen last week, preparing to lay blonde brick on blonde brick in the reconstruction of the 122-year-old Gamble Block at 1203 Second St. in downtown Perry.
The building suffered extensive damage to the roof and the southwest upper...
The first dozen houses in the Magnolia Park planned unit development (PUD) on 28th Street north of Willis Avenue are now under construction, with footings poured for several units and forms in place for the coming concrete pads.
The Perry...
The West Des Moines man who led law enforcement on a high-speed chase from Bouton to Perry Monday brandished a running chain saw at the officers before being disabled with a taser and taken into custody.
Raymond Leo Steadman, 51,...
An elderly woman reported she was assaulted in Wiese Park shortly before 10 p.m. Monday as she walked near her home in the Parkview condominium development.
Public safety radio traffic indicated that the victim told officers of the Perry Police...
The 80-year-old offices of the Progressive Foundry, a fixture on First Avenue since before they tore up the tracks, were demolished Monday as part of the company's multi-phase $1.8 million factory expansion plan.
With new and larger offices now in...
