The Perry News
To the editor:
I urge you to vote for Bryce Smith for the Iowa House of Representatives, District 19.
It is time for a new, energetic legislator who knows the needs of the district and of the state and is prepared...
To the editor:
I don’t want to know whom my friends are voting for or why or whether they are voting for one of the major party candidates for president. For this general election, the algorithm that runs through these...
September 16, 2016
Shane Tyler Smith, 36, of 1309 W. Second St., Perry, was arrested on a warrant for violation of a no-contact order on an original charge of domestic abuse.
September 17, 2016
Awo Ahmed Abdalla Kowa, 41, of...
The Perry Police Department issued three Crimestoppers announcements Saturday regarding incidents recently occurring in the Perry area. A $300 reward is attached to each announcement.
$300 Reward
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During the months of June and July, at least five storage units were broken...
Hastings Funeral Home in Perry is in charge of arrangements for Leon McDowell, 83, of Perry. Leon died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
The 2016 Granger Days start Friday with a beer garden from 4 p.m. to midnight. Live music by Monkey Monkey Monkey at 8 p.m. and Left for Dead at 9 p.m will be the center of the adult entertainment,...
September 15, 2016
A caller said he caught "a white rabbit with black floppy ears" running at large. An officer responded and alerted the Human Society of Perry, who directed authorities to "put the rabbit in a cat cage"...
September 15, 2016
Justin Ray Lopez, 18, of 308 N. Pine St., Jefferson, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear for pretrial conference on an original charge of OWI.
Eric Hart of Boone was traveling north on...
A Celebration of Life service for Karen Sue Garreans was held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 16 at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Visitation was after 1 p.m. Thursday, with family present from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Pastor...
September 14, 2016
A caller said her neighbor "locked herself out of her apartment." An officer responded.
Lisa Marie Ward, 35, 2514 First Ave., Perry, was arrested on a Dallas County warrant for probation violation on original charges of...