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Jim Caufield

Jim Caufield
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An SUV came to rest upside down on the Angus Curve about 6:15 a.m. Sunday. There were no injuries to the two occupants of the vehicle. The circumstances of the mishap are under investigation at this hour. The vehicle came to rest...
The much-anticipated results of the Perry Chamber of Commerce fireworks fundraiser, the Big Boom Bracket Battle Showdown, were revealed Friday afternoon in front of the Fareway store in downtown Perry and the winners were . . . tied. Finalists Eddie...
Reviving and energizing the downtown retailing sector was again the goal Tuesday of the Perry City Council, which ended its fiscal year by approving a public-private pilot program for the creation of up to four parklets and streateries on...
Having resurfaced First Avenue with hot-mix asphalt, workers with Des Moines Asphalt and Paving repainted the three-lane roadway this week. One of the crew members said the durability of the striping depends on the volume of traffic. He said three-...
A semi-tractor trailer traveling southbound in the 21500 block of U.S. Highway 169 (N Avenue) made an emergency stop shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday after sustaining a flat tire. There were no injuries. The material hauler was able to pull off...
Perry native Elizabeth Hix was sworn in Tuesday morning as the new Perry City Clerk, receiving the baton passed by outgoing City Clerk Paula Rychnovsky. After graduating from Perry High School, Hix earned a degree in accounting and financial services...
"I have decided to stick love," said the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Hate is too great a burden to bear." Putting that love into practice is the family of Jake and Liz Skurdal of Ankeny, who were honored...
The Perry Community School District will be soon be formulating anti-virus policies for the fall term after the Iowa Department of Education issued guidance Thursday for reopening K-12 schools. The state guidance does not require students and teachers to wear...
After more than three months of self-isolation, some of Perry's coffee groups have ventured out of self-imposed lock down for renewed fellowship at the Perry Perk coffeehouse. A dozen Women of Wonder gathered Thursday outside the coffeehouse in Prairie Lane,...
One person was injured at dawn Friday in an ATV accident in Washington Township south of Perry. The incident occurred about 5 a.m. in the 16700 block of 210th Street (County Road F31) about one mile west of Washington Township...