Jim Caufield
Area firefighters were kept busy Thursday as high winds and harvest crops fed several local fires.
The Dawson Volunteer Fire Department responded to a field fire near the southwest intersection of County Roads P46 and F31, that is, D Avenue...
Fast acting by New Albin landowner and hog producer David Weymiller when a pipe coupler on manure application equipment broke Monday largely contained the manure and prevented a much worse situation, according to an Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)...
October 15, 2015
Mickey Guy Fessler, 54, 2209 Otley Ave., Perry, was arrested on a charge of second-offense OWI.
*A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
October 14, 2015
Paul Edward Upchurch Bird, 32, of 8601 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines, was arrested in the 28000 block of U.S. Highway 6 for eluding, reckless driving, failure to obey stop signs and no valid driver’s license.
Angela Maria...
The National Weather Service issued the following special statement Thursday morning for residents in and around the following Dallas County towns:
Adel
Booneville
Bouton
Dallas Center
Dawson
De Soto
Dexter
Granger
Linden
Minburn
Perry
Redfield
Van Meter
Waukee
Woodward
"Northwest winds will increase substantially today, becoming very gusty by the afternoon. Relative humidity will also fall...
Just in time for the blood-drinking season of Halloween, the Waukee Area Arts Council will host the Iowa Shakespeare Experience (ISE) production of "Dracula Evermore," an adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 classic novel of horror, "Dracula."
The ISE show is...
Funeral services for Gail Carlysle Shaffer, 85, will be Monday, Oct. 19 at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Visitation is from 1-3 p.m., with Elk services at 3 p.m.
Gail was born Aug. 2, 1930, in Vinton, Iowa, and died...
Perry residents who feel most comfortable conversing in Spanish will find new help with their legal needs in Sucher Law PLC, a small firm with a new office in downtown Perry.
Trey Sucher, owner of the firm, and his associate,...
October 13, 2015
Terri Rene Miller, 57, 16893 L Ave., Perry, was arrested on two Dallas County warrants on a charge of violation of probation on original charges of OWI and public intoxication.
*A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and...
October 13, 2015
Joshua Thomas Law, 31, of 616 N.E. Seventh St., Grimes, was arrested on two warrants for probation violation on original charges of driving while barred and OWI.
Terri Rene Miller, 56, of 16893 L Ave., Perry, was arrested...