KDLS-AM (Perry, IA)

KDLS (1310 AM) is a commercial radio station that serves the Perry, Iowa community. Until February 2010, it aired a format called Timeless Favorites. After that, the station switched to primarily playing a Kool Gold format. It's important to note that while both KDLS AM and KDLS-FM share the same call letters, they are owned by different companies.

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Let's Talk Greene County (4/17/2025)-Jefferson Public Works Director Pt 2

1 week ago | raccoonvalleyradio.com | Coltrane Carlson

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Pony Express Riders of Iowa to Gallup Their Way Into Jefferson Tomorrow

1 week ago | raccoonvalleyradio.com | Coltrane Carlson

A special event is taking place this weekend where some visitors on horseback are coming through the Greene County area. Petra Dawson is the Chair of the Greene County Pony Express Riders of Iowa and says the Pony Express Rider Ride Weekend is taking place tomorrow and Saturday, where youth are riding horses to Camp Sunnyside.
National Telecommunicators Week Spotlights 20-Year Veteran Mindy Durlam With the Greene Co Sheriff's Office

1 week ago | raccoonvalleyradio.com | Coltrane Carlson

National Telecommunicators Week highlights those individuals that are on the receiving end of emergency calls and perform other services to the community in times of need. Mindy Durlam has been a dispatcher for the Greene County Sheriff’s Office for 21 years. She tells Raccoon Valley Radio that she was working as a nursing assistant when a friend of hers who was a dispatcher at the time asked her to watch what a dispatcher does and she knew from then on that’s what she wanted to do.
Greene County School District Making Improvements to the Softball Fields

1 week ago | raccoonvalleyradio.com | Coltrane Carlson

There are quite a few welcomed improvements happening to the city of Jefferson owned softball fields. The Greene County School District has a sharing agreement with the city to play its high school softball games and Superintendent Brett Abbotts says one noticeable change is going to be new batting cages. He explains that the area where the old batting cages were located, directly behind the pressbox, are now going to be placed past the right field fence.
Senate Passes Bill That Requires High School Seniors to Pass Civics Test Before Graduating

1 week ago | raccoonvalleyradio.com | Coltrane Carlson

A bill that recently passed the Iowa Senate and is now in the House for consideration would add a requirement to graduate high school. If Senate File 369 passes the House and is signed into law, high school seniors would have to pass a civic test before they could graduate. District 24 Senator Jesse Green was the sponsor of the bill and says students should take the same test that immigrants have to take to become US citizens.
Let's Talk Greene County (4/16/2025)-Jefferson Public Works Director Pt 1

1 week ago | raccoonvalleyradio.com | Coltrane Carlson

Jefferson Public Works Director Dave Morlan joins us for part one of his two part series about updates of projects this spring and summer.
Greene Co FFA Members Receive Their Iowa Degrees at State Convention

1 week ago | raccoonvalleyradio.com | Coltrane Carlson

As the FFA State Convention wrapped up Tuesday, three Greene County FFA Chapter members received a prestigious award. Advisor Raelyn Harris says Madison Higgins, Kayla Frederick and Elise Badger earned the Iowa FFA State Degree, which is the highest honor an FFA member can achieve within the state’s program.
Wound Care Clinic to Start in May at Greene County Medical Center

1 week ago | raccoonvalleyradio.com | Coltrane Carlson

Greene County Medical Center recently announced a new service that will be available soon. According to the medical center, the new Wound Care Clinic will open on May 5th and the staff has partnered with Healogics, which is the nation leader on wound care providers that’s mission is to “Find. Treat. Heal” chronic wounds for patients.
Sierra Community Theatre in Jefferson Underway With a Facelift, Interior Project to Start in the Fall

1 week ago | raccoonvalleyradio.com | Coltrane Carlson

A project for one of the historical buildings in downtown Jefferson has collected a few funding resources to do an overhaul of both the outside and inside of the structure. The Sierra Community Theatre was given a Greene County Community Foundation grant in 2020, along with being awarded a $130,000 facade rehabilitation grant through the city of Jefferson Facade program and a $20,000 private donation to improve the outer look of the over 130 year old building.
Two Northern Greene County Road Replacement Projects Underway Soon

1 week ago | raccoonvalleyradio.com | Coltrane Carlson

Two Greene County road replacement projects are happening soon. County Engineer Wade Weiss says road closures are now in place for the first project to overhaul County Road P-46 from County Road E-18 south to County Road E-26. He notes the other road replacement project is on County Road E-18 from Iowa Highway 144 to the Boone County line, and the road closures will be established late April or early May.