The Perry News
A form teacher and coach was convicted Friday of sexual exploitation stemming from a June incident in which he had "sexual contact with a minor student in the Albia Community School District."
Zachary Thomas Simpson, 29, plead guilty in Monroe County...
The Perry Fine Arts Series, which has been bringing sweetness and light to Perry for many years, recently received a $900 funding check from the Perry Chamber of Commerce's hotel-motel tax revenues.
Cathy Clark, director of the Perry Fine Arts...
Now in its second year at the Perry Elementary School, the Everybody Wins! Iowa Power Lunch program seeks additional volunteers willing to give 50 minutes to one-on-one weekly reading with second and fourth graders.
The reading-mentoring program pairs mentors and...
October 12, 2017
A caller said his cats were lost. The caller called again and said his cats were found.
A woman entered the offices of the Perry Police Department at 908 Willis Ave. and reported seeing a dog...
Esther Porter, 97, of Perry passed away Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, at the Rowley Masonic Community in Perry, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 11 a.m. at the Perry Bible Church in Perry. Visitation will be...
October 10, 2017
A caller said he lost his billfold.
A caller said someone claiming to be with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service called and said "his taxes have been 'bad' for the last couple of years, and he...
The Women of Wonder coffee group, founded in July by Founding Mothers Lois Hoger, Kathy Fox and Shirley Ehlers, met Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Perry Perk coffeehouse in order to work their fall wonders.
Among the wonders was...
The Perry Police Department filed charges Thursday against a 15-year-old male on six counts of first-degree harassment and one count of terroristic threats after the boy sent threatening text messages to six Perry Middle School students Wednesday afternoon.
A joint...
Funeral services for Mardelle Hane, 82, of Perry will be 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 16 at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Visitation will be after 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, with the family present from 3-5 p.m. at the...
Richard August Wilkening, 77, of Boone and formerly of Perry passed away with his loving wife and brother by his side Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.
Rich was born in State Center, Iowa, Aug. 30, 1940, to Carl Wilkening Sr. and...
