Jim Caufield
The grand total of COVID-19 deaths in Iowa's long-term care facilities dropped by 26 from Wednesday to Thursday this week, suggesting a problem in the data on the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) website, but the state has...
Some face-to-face services resumed Thursday in offices in the Dallas County Courthouse, but the new procedures are different from the pre-pandemic days of business as usual.
The Dallas County Clerk of Court's office and courtrooms are still open for criminal...
An SUV t-boned a commercial van in the 33000 block of Iowa Highway 141 in Granger Thursday about 2:30 p.m.
No injuries were reported in the collision.
The SUV, which sustained significant front-end damage, came to rest facing west in the...
The Perry Volunteer Fire Department responded Monday night to a report of a burning power pole in the 1900 block of Lucinda Street.
There were no injuries reported in the incident, which was reported about 7: 30 p.m. Monday.
A faulty...
One positive effect of the mid-March closing of all city of Perry facilities in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic has been the full-throttle pace of progress in remodeling the McCreary Community Building.
Demolition began in early March on the...
The Perry Summer Swim Team Board of Directors announced Friday the cancellation of the 2020 summer season due to the novel coronavirus global pandemic.
The directors said the "decision was not entered into lightly," but because "many towns, including ours,...
The Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Perry has been removed from the state list of outbreaks at long-term care facilities, according to data from the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH).
The IDPH first reported the Pearl Valley...
The resurfacing of some 60 blocks of side streets in Perry continued this week, with 11th Street north of Warford Street and McKinley Street west of 14th Street currently closed for repaving.
Motorists are urged to avoid the area and...
Heaven's tears streamed down Friday evening but could not stop the flight of the intrepid Blue Jays of the Perry High School Class of 2020.
Hundreds of vehicles lined Willis Avenue starting at 7 p.m. in order to honor the...
Hundreds of local motorists are expected to fill Willis Avenue from 7-8:30 p.m. Friday night in a shag-the-drag celebration of the Perry High School Class of 2020.
Congratulatory banners and signs will line Willis Avenue and Second Street, and senior...
