The Perry News
Perry Elementary School fourth graders toured the Des Moines Art Center Friday, Sept. 25, participating in art projects, a creative movement activity and a tour of the Art Center exhibits.
"Quite a morning," said Perry Community School District Superintendent Lynn...
Latino store owners in Perry are learning how to make healthy, affordable and culturally appropriate foods more accessible, thanks to the Dallas County Healthy Corner Store Initiative.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach partnered with Dallas County Public Health and...
September 26, 2015
Kyle Edward Lloyd, 25, 1446 Mattern Ave., Des Moines, was arrested on charges of possession of a controlled substance-marijuana, unlawful possession of prescription drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.
September 27, 2015
Amanda Abrams, 26, 2007 Warford St., Perry,...
Applications for help with winter's high heating costs will be accepted beginning Oct. 1 for households with elderly or disabled members and Nov. 1 for all others in Dallas County, according to Mary Greving, LIHEAP coordinator and family development supervisor...
Katherin Mena of Perry, a student at the Boone campus of the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC), was recently inducted into the Tau Phi Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) International Honor Society.
Mena was among the 33 DMACC...
DES MOINES – Two former wastewater operators from Sioux City have agreed to permanently surrender their wastewater operator certifications following discovery by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that treatment procedures within the city’s wastewater operation were being...
To the editor:
My late friend Bob “Decorah eagle cam” Anderson and I had just finished a day of pulling water samples in his fight against a hog confinement next to his rural Decorah/Bluffton property. Everyone else had left that evening, and Bob...
Leticia Hernandez of Perry, an accounting specialist at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC), has received a DMACC Foundation scholarship for the fall term, a DMACC spokesperson announced Wednesday.
Hernandez will receive a $1,500 Principal Financial Group Business Administration scholarship.
Iowa Farm Safety and Health Week continues through Saturday, Sept. 26. Iowa Gov. Terry E. Branstad proclaimed the special week, held in conjunction with the 72nd annual National Farm Safety and Health Week, in order to highlight agricultural safety...
To the editor:
I applaud Rep. Chuck Isenhart’s efforts to reach beyond industry-controlled organizations and institutions to find solutions to our water quality problems in Iowa. I believe there are significant problems with current initiatives, such as trading and CREP...