Jim Caufield
Fire destroyed an industrial chicken farm in eastern Dallas County Sunday afternoon.
The fire at 16845 Xavier Ave. was reported about 3 p.m. The facility houses 79,000 chickens, according to Iowa Department of Natural Resources records.
Responding to the rural fire...
A Perry man was arrested Saturday morning after making a false bomb threat at the Perry Police Department at 908 Willis Ave.
Justin Scott Pierschbacher, 46, of Perry was charged with intimidation with a dangerous weapon.
The incident began about 1:45...
The person who made a bomb threat early Saturday in the parking lot of the Perry Police Department was taken into custody about 3:30 a.m. without further incident.
The circumstances leading to the standoff with law enforcement are still unknown...
A person made a bomb threat early Saturday during an incident that is ongoing in the parking lot of the Perry Police Department at 908 Willis Ave.
The situation is unclear at this hour, but law enforcement radio traffic indicated...
The $1.7 million remodeling of the McCreary Community Building was brought to a ceremonial completion Wednesday afternoon with a ribbon cutting in front of the facility.
The MCB leadership team of Perry Parks and Recreation Director John Anderson and Assistant...
From Dewey west of Third to Sixth north of Bateman, the hit-mix asphalt resurfacing continues around Perry.
The Perry City Council awarded a $1,015,347.60 contract for the 60-block repaving work in February to OMG Midwest-Des Moines Asphalt and Paving.
Des Moines...
ADEL, Iowa -- Workers with the Edge Companies of Grimes removed the flag pole and its foundation Tuesday at the memorial to the military war dead on the grounds of the Dallas County Courthouse.
The flag pole will be replaced...
No arrests followed a law enforcement response Monday afternoon to a report of a possible hostage situation in east Perry.
A caller said a male was in a unit at the Quail Run Apartments at 2902 Iowa St. with a...
Officers of the Perry Police arrested a Jefferson man Sunday afternoon who was wanted in Greene County in connection with two alleged domestic abuse assaults occurring last Sunday.
Nathaniel Clark Aldrich, 32, of Jefferson arrested on Greene County warrants on...
Perry's annual two-day art festival, Art on the Prairie, has been bringing together poetry, music and handicrafts for 10 years, and the 11th festival will add a new ingredient: a storyteller in residence.
Iowa storyteller Erik Dominguez of Waukee was...
