Jim Caufield
After 19 years working for the city of Perry, City Clerk Paula Rychnovsky will retire June 30.
Paula was hired in 2001 by then-Perry Police Chief Dan Brickner, who retired in 2014. Brickner still recalls his good luck in landing...
Talking as tough as U.S. President Donald Trump himself, Iowa Sen. Jake Chapman took time away from the family-centered joys of Father's Day Sunday to bring his sound and fury to bear on the subject of Saturday's protest at...
Four Dallas County recycling roll-offs will remain in their current locations and not be removed thanks to an 11th-hour contract struck Tuesday between Waste Management and the Dallas County Supervisors and negotiated by Metro Waste Authority, which administers the...
Workers with Ankeny-based Des Moines Asphalt and Paving were recently forced to pause their resurfacing of the city parking lot in the 1400 block of Second Street when the asphalt was discovered to be only two inches thick.
"When they...
The Perry City Council approved the purchase of about 15 acres of wetlands and farm ground June 15 in a bid to protect the new water treatment pond north of the Perry Soccer Complex and extend the "dynamic passive...
Five occupants escaped alive the Father's Day house fire on north First Avenue Sunday morning, but a dog is feared to have died in the blaze, according to a Perry Volunteer Fire Department spokesperson.
The Perry Volunteer Fire Department was...
Fire destroyed a house on north First Avenue Sunday morning.
It is unknown at this hour whether the house was occupied at the time of the blaze and whether there were any injuries.
The Perry Volunteer Fire Department was paged about...
A former Perry man was killed Tuesday when he was struck by a passing vehicle while driving a lawn mower near his Elkhart property.
According to the Polk County Sheriff's office, Mark Gordon Parmenter, 56, of 12623 N.E. 64th St.,...
A fire broke out Thursday afternoon in an upper unit of the Hamlin-Bell apartment house at 2023 Willis Ave.
No injuries were reported in the incident.
Fire alarms could be heard sounding from outside the facility, where the blaze was quickly...
About 150 people rallied at the community stage in Adel Wednesday evening in order to show their support for racial justice and their opposition to racial hatred.
Half-a-dozen leaders from the local faith community led the hour-long rally, offering prayers...
