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Jim Caufield

Jim Caufield
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September 18, 2015 Jeannette Marie Bear, 22, of 204 S.E. Wall Ave., Des Moines, was arrested on a warrant for probation violation. Tracey Pruitt of 29748 Amarillo Ave., Redfield, reported the theft of a 2008 Blue Chrysler Town and Country from...
With fall come Perry's premier art events, Art on the Prairie in November and, just next weekend, the second annual Art Harvest Tour. These events borrow images of the land for their names --  the prairie and the harvest...
Centennial Park in Granger was busy Friday and Saturday with the 2015 Granger Days festivities, with Friday's storms dampening the grounds but not the spirits of the townspeople, visitors and vendors. This year's annual two-day celebration was packed dense with...
"Our baked goods are normally all sold by this time of day," said Margaret Harden of Perry as she looked first at the table full of cookies, pies and other sweets and then at the clock reading 1:45 p.m. For...
Summer's last few warm days might tempt pleasure seekers to try paddling or inner tubing on the Raccoon River or Saylorville Lake, but water-quality experts at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) advise the public to minimize or...
September 20, 2015 Jose Carmen Diaz-Corona, 53, 1214 30th St., Perry, was arrested on a charge of driving while suspended. Amber Ruiz, 21, 1421 Fifth St., Perry, was arrested on charges of first-offense public intoxication and interference with official acts. *A criminal...
The Crossroads Church in Perry's second annual Trail Fellowship Event rolled out of Caboose Park in downtown Perry at 7 a.m. Saturday, facing clear skies and cool temperatures. Pastor Rick Gates led the four-man team in prayer before the ride,...
The Perry Police Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding an allegation of rape received by the department about 4 a.m. Friday. According to police call records, a caller provided a description of the alleged assailant and said the alleged victim...
"If twelve-year-old Annie Taylor had not chosen to take her little brother William fishing on that particular Friday afternoon in April during the wet North Idaho spring, she would never have seen the execution or looked straight into the...
September 17, 2015 Dan’s Towing, 23581 Nantucket Rd. in Adel, reported the theft of a phone from the business. Dennis Eugene Hein Jr., 41, of 1416 Sixth St., Perry, was arrested on a warrant for probation violation on an original charge of...