Jim Caufield
The city has acquired and intends to demolish the dilapidated old building at 920 Warford St., which over the years has housed many of Perry's most skilled carpenters, cabinetmakers and woodworkers. The aim is to beautify the bike trail,...
Firefighters with the Perry Volunteer Fire Department briefly battled a field fire west of Perry shortly before sunset Wednesday.
No injuries were reported.
A "huge field fire" was reported about 7:15 p.m. at 130th Street and Houston Avenue, but the Perry...
A search of a house in Perry Tuesday morning yielded stolen firearms, drugs and a suspected improvised explosive device (IED), according to local law enforcement.
The incident began about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at 1819 Sixth St. in Perry, where the...
A fire in a dumpster was reported about 6:15 a.m. Saturday in downtown Perry.
There were no injuries in the blaze, which totally destroyed the plastic trash bin in an alley in the 1300 block of Second Street.
The cause of...
Restroom upgrades were underway Monday at the Casey's General Store at 2617 Willis Ave.
The store opened Oct. 24, 1975, next to a longtime Perry business, the Hall Brothers Cleaners at 2621 Willis Ave.
The Iowa Highway 141 bypass was completed in...
Bowing to political pressure from state Sen. Jake Chapman (R-Adel), the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has relocated its annual firearms auction from Nebraska to Iowa.
As reported earlier this month in ThePerryNews.com, the DNR will hold its annual...
The $10 million contract for the Perry Middle School renovation project did not attract any bids from general contractors in the February letting, so a second round of bids have been solicited by March 22, the Perry School Board...
The Perry School Board voted unanimously in February to hire Larson Engineering Inc. of West Des Moines to provide a design for the reconstruction of the Jim Kaufman track at PHS, and they reviewed the plans at their March...
The Raccoon River Pet Rescue in Perry is in the middle of a Facebook livestream fundraiser, with Kris Rotonda of Jordan's Way hosting the high-energy four-hour event.
More than $3,000 were raised in the first hour of the Clear the...
Remodeling was in full swing Wednesday at the Dollar General store at 705 First Ave. in Perry, where a large number of vehicles were parked and the sound of construction was audible.
The upgrades began Sunday and are expected to...
