Jim Caufield
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The devastating derecho straight-line wind storm that shredded Perry's canopy and flattened Perry's crops three weeks ago also knocked some 400 headstones off their bases in Violet Hill Cemetery, as the falling trees struck the memorials.
in a heartfelt gesture...
EARLHAM, Iowa -- A Waukee motorcyclist and passenger died Saturday afternoon when their vehicle crashed near U.S. Interstate 80 east of Earlham shortly after trying to outrun a Dallas County Sheriff's Deputy in pursuit.
Thomas F. Kennedy, 36, of Waukee...
EARLHAM, Iowa -- A motorcyclist and passenger died Saturday afternoon when their vehicle crashed near U.S. Interstate 80 east of Earlham shortly after trying to outrun a Dallas County Sheriff's Deputy in pursuit.
The deputy terminated the chase a short...
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Broom Badgers operated by West Des Moines-based Speck USA whisked Perry's gutters and vacuumed out Perry's storm water intakes Saturday as tidying up continued after the devastating derecho wind storm of Aug. 10
The street sweeping was planned for early...
St. Patrick School in Perry dismissed students at noon Friday after a power outage cast the school in darkness and unconditioned air.
Bob "Stub" Smithson, maintenance director at the school, said the power loss occurred when "the company boring underground...
All bars, breweries and nightclubs in Dallas County will close at 5 p.m. today on the order of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. The three-week anti-virus lock down also applies to similar venues in Polk, Linn, Johnson, Story and Black...
With the emergence of one positive case of COVID-19 in a 20-student kindergarten class, the teachers and administrators at the Perry Elementary School worked overtime Tuesday in order to prepare for a quick change to online instruction during the...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds visited the Woodward Resource Center (WRC) Monday afternoon as part of her daylong tour of central Iowa derecho damage.
Some 200 trees were toppled or damaged on the 1,000-acre WRC campus, and the city of Woodward...
An electrical fire broke out Monday afternoon in a Woodward residence and was quickly controlled by the Woodward Volunteer Fire Department.
No injuries were reported in the incident.
The fire was reported about 4:30 p.m., when a caller from 212 Walnut...
A Dallas Center teenager was arrested Sunday in connection with a hit-and-run accident involving a car and a motorcycle east of Dallas Center Saturday afternoon.
Alyssa Mae Rose Pollock, 19, of Dallas Center was charged with leaving the scene of...
