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A Panora man was killed Friday morning south of Dawson when the semi-tractor trailer he was driving had a head-on collision with a passenger car. Douglas D. Harrison, 57, of Panora was southbound on D Avenue or County Road P46...
AMES, Iowa -- A Perry-area state legislator was arrested early Friday in Ames on drunk driving and weapons charges. Francis Dale “Chip” Baltimore, 51, who chairs the Iowa House Judiciary Committee, was charged with first-offense OWI and possession of a...
A collision involving a passenger car and a semi-tractor trailer occurred shortly before 9 a.m. Friday on D Avenue just north of 150th Street near Dawson. At least one of the victims was transported from the scene by air ambulance...
It's not a done deal quite yet, but the likely new owners of the Hotel Pattee, Tom and Vickie Maxwell of Edwardsville, Ill., were warmly welcomed to Perry Wednesday night at a meet-and-greet event in the hotel's Spring Valley...
Eight Dallas County-based groups presented their annual funding requests to the Dallas County Board of Supervisors over the last two weeks. The supervisors will decide on funding levels as they develop the fiscal year 2019 budget between now and...
Tracy Bess-Thacker, 32, of Woodward was arrested Sunday about 11 p.m. on two counts of child endangerment causing bodily injury. "We got called there for an intoxicated subject being out of control," Woodward Police Department Chief Joseph Cox told ThePerryNews.com...
Perry Police Department Chief Eric Vaughn was honored as the 2017 Perry Civil Servant of the Year Monday by the Perry Rotary Club. Vaughn was presented with a plaque by Rotary Club President Kevin Videgar during the open forum portion...
All schools in the Perry Community School District and St. Patrick's have announced a two-hour delay in the start of Tuesday classes due to a wind chill advisory and inclement weather. Morning preschool classes have been cancelled. Other Perry-area school...
Nathaniel Aldrich, 30, of Grand Junction was booked into the Greene County Jail Friday on a charge of domestic abuse assault-impeding flow of air or blood. Aldrich was arrested following a domestic dispute Jan. 8 with his girlfriend. "He was choking...
Jan. 10, the 96th birthday of Jim Haas of Perry, was marked by his son, Marty Haas of Johnston, by treating Jim's friends in the Society of Retired Experts (SORE) coffee group to rolls and coffee at the Perry...