Jim Caufield
Workers with Ankeny-based Des Moines Asphalt and Paving, a wing of OMG Midwest, started laying fresh asphalt along First Avenue in Perry Wednesday as part of a contract with the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) that will also include converting...
Work began this week on the R Avenue crossing of the High Trestle Trail on Woodward’s west side, as workers with Rockwell City-based Howrey Construction poured the concrete crossing Tuesday morning.
Construction of the trail from S to R avenues...
Several instances of vandalism and criminal mischief occurred in Adel last weekend, when an unknown person or persons spray painted a residential property with racist and homophobic graffiti.
At least one private residence was defaced by the haters, according to...
The latest economic victim of the COVID-19 virus in Perry is the Trailside Cafe, a restaurant planned in the Dryher Grocery building, the former site of LeRoy's Plumbing on Second Street in downtown Perry.
Janice Brinton Patrick and Randy Patrick...
A Perry woman was arrested Saturday on felony charges of kidnapping and rape.
Anne Sinzobakwira, 38, of 2801 First Ave., Perry, was charged with first-degree kidnapping and third-degree sexual abuse-forcible rape.
The incident began Friday about 9:30 p.m., when officers of...
Watch your head in downtown Perry.
Pedestrians in the downtown will find several sections of sidewalk blocked by barricades erected by the city as a public protection from falling debris from crumbling buildings.
The barriers to walking were put in place "out...
The Perry Water Works is currently discharging water via fire hydrants in some locations around Perry in order to flush the distribution system of nitrogen, a chemical element that can build up to toxic levels in the water system...
The stage is set for the Saturday, June 13 Perry High School graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020 at Dewey Field.
The forecast looks fair for the outside ceremony beginning at 7 p.m. A practice session was held Friday...
A Jeep and an ITC van collided about 11:15 a.m. Wednesday on Iowa Highway 141 at I Court west of Perry.
No injuries were reported in the two-vehicle accident.
Both vehicles came to rest facing westward on the south side of...
Fire destroyed a 140-year-old house on the Greene County line north of Dawson Monday shortly after 5 p.m.
There were no reported injuries in the blaze. It is unknown at this hour whether the building was occupied. The cause is...
