The Perry News
One person died Monday night in a rollover crash on a gravel road east of Lake Robbins Ballroom and south of Woodward.
The crash occurred shortly before 8 p.m. in about the 28500 block of 150th Street west of Iowa...
Vern LaVere Derry, first child born to Melvin Vern Derry and Lorene Yvonne Johnson Derry, was born Feb. 5, 1931, on their farm in Boone County, Iowa. LaVere, as he was lovingly known, went to his heavenly mansion Sept....
Michael Dean Kempf was born Jan. 25, 1951, in Maryville, Missouri, and died Aug. 28, 2022, at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 71.
He was the son of Pauline Susan Kempf. As a small...
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September 6, 2022
Officers received a report of harassment in the 300 block of Seventh Street. An extra patrol completed.
Officers received a report of criminal mischief in the...
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September 9, 2022
Karl Maurice Krieger, 29, of 1506 Westwood Dr., Jefferson, was arrested in the 19000 block of Iowa Highway 141 Diagonal for possession of a controlled substance,...
WOODWARD, Iowa -- A large crowd enjoyed the perfect late-summer weather Sunday evening for the first annual Woodward Fire Department Appreciation Dinner.
More than 20 local businesses and organizations sponsored the free meal of hot dogs and hamburgers, which was...
A West Des Moines man was arrested for harassment after allegedly threatening to shoot hospital staff and police officers Sunday morning.
Richard Dale Moore III, 21, of 1316 Locust St., West Des Moines, was charged with two counts of first-degree...
Shirley Vance Shoesmith, 88, of Perry passed away Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, at the Kavanagh House in Des Moines, Iowa.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Sept. 24 at 11 a.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home and Cremation...
Inclement weather has forced the cancelation of Saturday's annual Prairie Awakening-Prairie Awoke Native American celebration at the Kuehn Conservation Area in rural Redfield, the Dallas County Conservation Board announced Saturday morning.
The DCCB’s long-standing position is that one of the...
In April the Dallas County Foundation (DCF) gave a $6,388.38 grant to the Raccoon River Pet Rescue (RRPR) in Perry to help build a roof over their outdoor dog runs. On Tuesday the RRPR board members hosted a thank-you...