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NEWS
Richard T. Bower of Argyle, Texas
Richard T. Bower, 73, of Argyle, Texas, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022.
Rich was born in Perry, Iowa, on June 16, 1949, to Robert...
Eleanore Wojan of Perry
Eleanore Wojan, 96, of Perry passed away Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, at the King's Garden Campus of the Perry Lutheran Homes in Perry, Iowa.
Funeral...
ABOUT TOWN
Annual First UMC boutique, bake sale offer sweet deals
Sales continue until 6 p.m. Friday in the First United Methodist Church's annual holiday season bake sale and Christmas boutique in the Fireside Room...
Shining Knights of safety lauded for November at St. Pat’s
St. Patrick Catholic School in Perry honored its November Shining Knights Wednesday, with the young Knights recognized for making safe choices during the month...
PRAIRIE VIEWS
Harris’s sparrows, Iowa’s biggest, put in rare winter appearance
There was fight taking place on my platform bird feeder.
A big stranger, a Harris’s sparrow, had flown in, and two male house sparrows were...
Letter to the editor: Reader will miss big-hearted sports writer
To the editor:
I’m incredibly sad to learn of the passing of my former coworker and my friend, Jeff Webster.
As an aspiring journalist, I walked...
SPORTS
PHS Swim Team enjoys year-end accolades, awards
The 2022 PHS Swim Team distributed the annual team awards and honors last week while enjoying homemade ice cream and brownies at the MCB....
