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Jim Caufield

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The PACES program -- Perry’s Academic, Cultural and Enrichment Services -- recently landed three grants to support its summer program, which starts in early June and ends about Aug 1. A $21,760 grant from Arkansas-based Tyson Foods aims to improve...
The Perry City Council dropped its requirement Monday that face masks be worn during city council meetings, and it reviewed the city policies on public access to city buildings. "We are going to make it optional starting tonight until further...
The Perry School Board emancipated the district's students, faculty and staff members from mandatory face coverings Tuesday when it voted 3 to 1 to revise the May Return to Learn plan by making the wearing of masks "their own...
The Perry City Council approved Monday a plan to seek a $29 million state loan as part of the highest-priced public works project ever undertaken by the city government. The action followed the council's acceptance May 3 of Woodruff...
At least one person was injured Sunday night in a two-vehicle collision on Iowa Highway 141 west of Woodward. One person was also trapped and required extrication from a vehicle, according to public safety radio traffic. The injured party was transported...
There are 24 towns in America named Perry, and Diana and Perry Lobel of Irvine, California, have visited about one-quarter of them since May 1 and might well see them all before the summer's over. And that's not even counting...
With the U.S. and Iowa flags flying proudly over the recently restored Walt Anderson Field, the Rippey Demons and Crystal Cubs took to the field Saturday morning as part of the three-day tournament hosted by the Demons. Rain threatened to...
The Tin Pig restaurant opened in October 2019 in in the historic Gamble Block at 1203 Second St. in downtown Perry. The Sheffer family of Indianola, who own the building and operate the restaurant, plied a brisk trade for...
More than 350 Perry-area senior citizens received a special delivery of love Wednesday in the first Perry Lutheran Homes Deliver the LOVE outreach event. "The community response is just overwhelming," said the Perry Lutheran Homes Marketing Director Mollie Clark. The...
Two vehicles collided about 6:15 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Fourth and Lucinda streets. No injuries were reported. The collision is under investigation at this hour by the Perry Police Department. Both vehicles left the roadway and came to rest side...