Jim Caufield
Work began Monday on the $300,000 renovation project at Perry Public Library, which is expected to reopen in October.
Workers from Earlham-based Blue Ribbon Builders lost no time in tearing into the demolition phase of the project, including stripping the...
Most of Perry's neighboring school districts have now approved onsite Return to Learn (R2L) plans more or less similar to Perry's onsite R2L Plan, which the Perry School Board approved July 13. A survey of Perry-area districts reveals largely...
The Perry Community School District (PCSD) is aiming for 100% onsite, in-person instruction in the fall, but the school board approved Wednesday an online option for families and students with unique medical needs or who are otherwise uncomfortable attending...
After listening Monday night to concerns expressed about this year's excesses by private fireworks users, the Perry City Council formed a committee to study the matter further and possibly recommend changes to the city ordinance governing their use.
Kerry Corrigan...
The six people injured in Sunday evening's fiery crash on Iowa Highway 44 were identified Monday. The case remains under investigation by the Iowa State Patrol (ISP).
According to the ISP, Samantha Whitney, 31, of Joplin, Missouri, was traveling westbound...
Dirt work started Monday at the future site of a 60-unit apartment complex on about four acres at 28th and McKinley streets.
The two 30-unit, market-rate multi-family residential units are the first elements of an anticipated planned unit development on...
The fiery crash that injured at least five people Sunday evening occurred when a stolen pickup truck crossed the center line and struck oncoming vehicles just west of the Raccoon River on Iowa Highway 44 Sunday evening.
The collision occurred...
One person was trapped in a burning vehicle and others were seriously injured in a multi-vehicle accident just west of the Raccoon River on Iowa Highway 44 Sunday evening.
The collision occurred about 7:30 p.m. near the 21600 block of...
Something is causing chronic water damage both to the inner rooms and outer surfaces of the Dallas County Courthouse, and the county supervisors recently hired a West Des Moines architectural firm to try to figure out how to stop...
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives in ways we never thought possible, but Carlene Mehls Coleman, longtime owner of the Showtime Dance and Tumbling Studio in Perry, was determined to stage her 33rd annual spring recital.
"I decided I...
