Jim Caufield
The Perry High School Junior Class will hold a post-July 4 can and bottle drive in an effort to raise funds for the 2016 PHS Prom.
The drive, called "Help Us Make Our Prom Pop," will be held Sunday, July...
In the days of full-service gas stations, you would pull in, and a grease monkey would check the oil and tire pressure on your car. In modern times, it is our bodies that get the drive-through checkups.
At Saturday morning's...
Memorial Day marked the 35th anniversary of Jan and Jay Pattee of Perry's opening of Ben's Five and Dime, the downtown variety store formerly known as Ben Franklin. They have seen ups and downs in Perry's downtown retail district...
June 27, 2015
Melissa Mary McGee, 41, of Des Moines was arrested on a Polk County warrant on charges of second-degree fraudulent practices (bond $500) and tampering with records (bond $2,000).
June 28, 2015
Alisha Nicole Langford, 1671 Highway 141, Bayard, 23, was...
Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson is in charge of arrangements for Carol Joyce Neal, 74. Carol died June 20, 2015 at the Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson.
Carol is survived by her husband, Ross R. Neal, of Jefferson; daughter,...
After months in obscurity, the Perry water tower shines forth Saturday evening in summer light. The Perry Water Works paid $116,000 to have the lead-based paint removed from the surface of the 500,000-gallon structure.
Neil Hoelscher, 65, of Perry died Friday, June 26, 2015 at Rowley Memorial Masonic Home in Perry.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 30 at 10:30 a.m. at the Perry Bible Church in Perry. Visitation will be Monday, June 29...
About a dozen tractors pulled out of the yard of the Washington Township Consolidated School this morning at 9 a.m. in the fourth annual fundraising tractor ride.
Dave and Sheryl Book, organizers of the event, said the route for this...
The city of Perry will host a sale of unclaimed bicycles and other property Saturday, June 27 from 8-10 a.m. The cash-only sale will be held in the parking lot area of the Perry Marketplace, east of the Perry...
The citizens of Perry, represented by their mayor and city council members, offered a final expression of thanks Friday morning to outgoing Perry City Administrator Butch Niebuhr as he attended his last city council meeting, a special morning meeting...