The Perry News
The Iowa Board of Regents named Wendy Wintersteen the 16th president of the university Monday afternoon in Ames. The successor to controversial ISU President Steven Leath was chosen from a field of more than 60 applicants.
Michael Richards, president of...
October 20, 2017
A woman entered the offices of the Perry Police Department at 908 Willis Ave. and "reported an attempted break in." An officer responded and found "no indications that someone tried to open the window and cracked...
October 17, 2017
Cheryl Ackerlund of Minburn was traveling east in the 29000 block of 190th Street when her vehicle struck a deer. No injuries were reported. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $2,000.
Lily Sparling of Adel...
Perry-area residents with expired or unused medications can safely dispose of them Saturday, Oct. 28 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Perry Hy-Vee.
The Perry Police Department sponsors the annual collection of discarded drugs.
There is no need to...
Howard Carlson, 90, of Granger and formerly of Gowrie passed away Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, at Thomas Rest Haven in Coon Rapids, Iowa.
Memorial services will be held Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 4 p.m. at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church...
If you are on Medicare, you might well have questions about your benefits, such as:
I’m turning 65. Who can help me understand Medicare?
My medications have gotten so expensive that I just can’t afford to take them all. Is there...
Gary Dean Anschutz, son of Donald Richard Anschutz and Edith Marie Pentico Anschutz, was born Aug. 31, 1940, on his parents’ farm in rural Rippey.
Gary died Oct. 3, 2017, at the Greene County Medical Center after a courageous 11-year...
After last Friday’s Senior Night football game at Dewey Field, where the PHS Blue Brigade marching band was joined by the Perry Middle School marching band, the Blue Brigade traveled to Waukee to close their season at the Iowa...
To the editor:
The Sierra Club Iowa Chapter calls for moratorium on new livestock confinements in Iowa.
In the first place, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to address livestock confinement air pollution. In 2005 the EPA embarked on...
Shirley Ann Osmer Jaques was born to Willie and Girley Downing Osmer Jan. 11, 1941, in Kennett, Mo., and died Oct. 1 2017, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City at the age of 76 years, 8...