Doug Wood
On Tuesday ThePerryNews.com stopped by the weekly Perry Kiwanis Club meeting to update the membership on the goings on of the online newspaper.
ThePerryNews.com began in February 2015 as the brainchild of Publisher Jim Caufield. Sports Editor Jeff Webster came...
A fall-like evening was the setting Sunday for the annual Dawson United Methodist Church ice cream social which was held at the Dawson Community Building.
The menu included beef burgers or a turkey sandwich, chips, homemade pie, ice cream and...
After we concluded our epic Branson adventure, Dan and I headed to Kansas City, Mo., to see the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, which also houses the American Jazz Museum in a connected wing.
Tickets to both museums were only $15.
The...
The board of directors of Pegasus Inc., Perry's local-access cable television channel, held their 21st annual meeting Tuesday at the station's studios at 1014 Second St. in Perry.
Elections for open board positions and officers were held, and longtime Pegasus...
The Minburn Area Fire Fighters Association (MAFFA) held a fundraising dinner Saturday evening at the shelter house in Meek Park, located in the center of Minburn.
The firefighters served up pork loin sandwiches, baked beans, chips, dessert bar, lemonade and...
A mild evening and golden-tasseled corn 12 miles south of Perry provided the perfect atmosphere for Panther Creek Church of the Brethren's annual ice cream social.
As the crowded parking lot foretold and the full church basement proved, more than...
The next day we took advantage of the half-price breakfast buffet at Grand Country. It was great.
We then got tickets for Down Home Country, which was at 10 a.m. at the Grand Country Music Hall. We saved $10 each...
Saturday evening's humidity made a damp atmosphere for the men's steak and sweet corn feed held at the First Baptist Church in Perry.
About 45 men attended the meal. They were served steaks, sweet corn, tomatoes, baked potatoes, dessert and...
A hot and humid Saturday evening in July can stir fond memories of the good old days before air conditioning and the old-fashioned church events held during those times.
This was at least partly the case with the annual Minburn...
The Perry Kiwanis Club hosted two guests at this week's meeting. The first was Rosa Gonzalez of Perry, who represented Hispanics United for Perry (HUP) and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
Gonzalez first spoke about the annual Latino Festival,...
