The Perry News
March 14, 2019
A caller "said he needed paramedics due to being very intoxicated and high on marijuana." The caller was "unsure of his exact location but stated he was somewhere in Woodward." The Dallas County Sheriff's office was...
Flooding in the Adel area has impaired the land-based 911 service to the Dallas County Sheriffs Communications Center, according to a statement released Saturday morning by Dallas County Sheriff Chad Leonard.
"Land-based 911 services for Dallas County have been diverted...
Nominations for the 2019 Wall of Witnesses are now being accepted by the Perry Historic Preservation Commission and the Hometown Heritage.
Since resuming additions to the Soumas Court collection of notable figures from Perry history, the partnership of the Perry...
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation today for Dallas County and 14 other Iowa counties in response to this week's flooding and flash flooding.
The governor's proclamation allows state money to be used to...
March 13, 2019
Shawn Stanton of Hartford was traveling east in the 24000 block of Iowa Highway 44 when his vehicle struck a deer. No injuries were reported. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $1,000.
March 14, 2019
Megan...
Des Moines Water Works CEO and General Manager Bill Stowe, 60, has been diagnosed with "an aggressive form of cancer," according to a letter he directed Thursday to employees of the city water utility.
In the letter, released to the...
Flooding of the North Raccoon River has forced the closure of U.S. Highway 169 to through traffic south of Iowa Highway 44 and north of U.S. Highway 6 as the river reaches and exceeds flood stage.
Water at present is...
March 13, 2019
Leigh Richard Houghton, 53, 307 Story St., Sheldahl, was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
A caller said "his vehcle was stolen yesterday from Des Moines, and he is calling...
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The National Weather Service flood warning has been extended for the North Raccoon River and the Suth Raccoon River as ice jams and saturated gravel roads pose travel hazards in Perry area.
The flood warning for the North Raccoon River...
March 13, 2019
Sheldon Gene Boswell, 22, of 808 Fourth St., Perry, was arrested on a warrant for probation violation on an original charge of possession of a controlled substance.
Stephanie Ann Harlow, 35, of 1821 Williams St., Des...