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NEWS
Garage fire threatens house on 150th Street south of Perry
A fire broke out in the attached garage at a home at 19217 150th St. shortly before 10 a.m. Sunday, and firefighters with the...
When was the last time you had an eye exam?
When was the last time you had an eye exam?
If you have health insurance, it may cover this service and pay for all or...
SPORTS
Panorama girls repeat third-place team finish at State Track Meet
DES MOINES -- Two times third had to sound like wonderful arithmetic to head coach Greg Thompson and his Panorama girls track team.
A season...
ABOUT TOWN
Showtime Dance and Tumbling stages 32nd annual spring recital
The Showtime Dance and Tumbling Studio staged its 32nd annual spring recital Saturday with a set of 21 weather-related numbers under the umbrella title,...
Perry-Area Food Pantry filled by letter carriers’ annual food drive
Employees of the Perry office of the U.S. Postal Service participated Saturday in the 27th annual National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger...
PRAIRIE VIEWS
‘Catching Shadows’: A poem by Andrew Bambrick
Editor's note: May is Mental Health Month.
Catching Shadows
Try catching shadows a child's game.
Thrilling and exhausting.
Impossible to outrun our shadows.
Their appearance and disappearance
A bit scary.
They...
Joy of junking inspires paean to cost-free castaways
So my favorite season is here! Junking!
It’s not so much garage sales. It’s not flea markets. It is citywide cleanup days.
I love finding on...
