Jim Caufield
With the start of fall classes one week away, the Perry Community School District Board of Directors meet at midday Wednesday in order to modify the district's Return to Learn (R2L) Plan among other matters.
In its first monthly review...
Nearly simultaneous reports of fire were received by the Perry public safety dispatchers about 10 p.m. Tuesday, with one proving minor and the second unfounded.
Sparks from a shorting transformer at 1820 Fifth St. brought the Perry Police Department and...
Trees were split and power lines downed Monday when a severe thunderstorm whipped the Perry area with 90 mph wind gusts and pelting rain and hail.
The storm hit about 10:30 a.m., causing widespread damage and closing many streets. Most...
An SUV struck a tree on Lucinda Street between Fifth and Sixth streets Saturday night about 8:30 p.m.
No injuries were reported.
According to a witness, the vehicle was "headed south down" Sixth Street "at high rate of speed," with "the...
A one-vehicle rollover accident occurred on 130th Street east of Sportsman Park near Dawson Saturday about 11 p.m.
No injuries were reported in the mishap.
The passenger vehicle appeared to leave the granular-surface roadway in the 14300 block of 130th Street...
Dime- to penny-sized hail and winds to 40 mph are possible in the Perry area Thursday midday, according to the National Weather Service office in Des Moines.
At 11:59 a.m., a strong thunderstorm near Perry was identified, moving east at...
With classes in the Perry Community School District set to start in two weeks, the school board held a work session Wednesday morning with administrators in order to hammer out scheduling and coordination details for both the onsite and...
With the zeal of unreserved reservists, three cartoon characters from the Iowa League of Heroes joined the police forces of Woodward and Granger Monday evening to help explain the proposed a merger of the two police departments.
Granger Police Chief...
A two-vehicle collision occurred about 6:15 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of First Avenue and North Street in Perry.
The extent of any injuries is unknown at this hour.
It appeared an SUV was eastbound on North Street and stopped at...
Rep. Cindy Axne, Iowa's Third District Congresswoman in the U.S. House of Representatives, met Tuesday afternoon with about a dozen of her Perry constituents to learn how the town is faring under the trials of the COVID pandemic and...
