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https://youtu.be/8f7fvyca9Nc Five members of OPERA Iowa, the Des Moines Metro Opera’s educational touring troupe, gave a polished 50-minute performance Friday night for a small but fervent audience of Perry Fine Arts supporters. The show opened with the famous "Flower Duet" from...
Two people were injured Saturday night when the vehicle they were traveling in left the roadway of Iowa Highway 141 near D Avenue south of Dawson and overturned. The circumstances of the crash, which occurred about 9:15 p.m., are under...
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The state will close the Glenwood Resource Center (GRC) in 2024 and move some of the facility's residents to the Woodward Resource Center (WRC), Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Thursday. The GRC currently houses 163 adults...
The leadership of the Perry Economic Development Inc. (PEDI) investment group presented a one-year report card on the status of the Hotel Pattee at Monday's Perry City Council meeting, and the hotel's prospects look rosy after 12 months under...
The Perry City Council appointed one of its own members Monday night, filling the second-ward seat vacated in February by Curt Hite, who was elected in November. The council appointed Perry businessman Jeremy Mahler, who lived in Jamaica prior to...
ADEL, Iowa -- Dallas County has received the first half of its $18 million funding allocation from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and last week the Dallas County Supervisors directed $5 million to the Dallas County Conservation...
This weekend's staging of "Anything Goes" by the Perry High School Drama Department showed how fully the department's director, Randy Peterson, has succeeded in developing the talent widely and broadly among his student actors. While PHS senior Bryce Eastman delivered...
After passing five fretful days, a Perry family was overcome by joy Saturday with the return of their beloved Bentley, a 5-year-old cocker spaniel. "He’s home!" the joyous owner told ThePerryNews.com. "After 5 days and 2 hours, he has been...
The merger deal that made Great Western Bank an operating division of First Interstate Bank became official Feb. 1, and the signs at the Perry location reading First Interstate will be installed May 23. “We are excited to join forces...
https://youtu.be/x5yPnwaAEG4 The Perry High School spring musical, “Anything Goes,” will be staged Friday, April 1 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 2 at 1 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. Among the show's delights is the return of the pit orchestra,...