The Perry News
The McCreary Community Building closed at 10 a.m. Friday, and the Perry Public Library and Carnegie Library Museum did not open due to the stormy weather.
The Des Moines Area Community College Perry VanKirk Career Academy has canceled its Friday classes due to the winter storm, a college spokesperson announced Friday morning.
Many Perry-area school districts canceled Friday classes in advance of the snow storm forecast by the National Weather Service.
Classes are canceled in the Perry Community School District and the St. Patrick Catholic School.
Other Perry-area cancelations include:
Adair Casey/Guthrie Center...
A West Des Moines man was arrested Wednesday on a Dallas County warrant in connection with a November incident in Perry in which he allegedly
Headman Bihando, 31, of 3201 Woodland Ave., West Des Moines, was charged with third-degree criminal...
The National Weather Service office in Johnston has issued a winter storm warning for the Perry area from 9 a.m. Friday until 6 a.m. Saturday, with 4 to 10 inches of snow and easterly winds of 15 to 25...
Perry residents are reminded that the city snow ordinance takes effect once snowfall reaches one-half inch or more, and violators of the snow ordinance can incur a $50 fine and their vehicles can be towed at the owners’ expense.
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Jan. 12, 2022
Sierra Graham, 18, of 1115 Polk St., Dexter, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear.
Nathan Norris, 43, of 2822 S.E. 18th St., Des...
Harlan Den Beste, 89, of Perry passed away Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, Jan. 20 at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Perry. Visitation...
Gerald Allen "Jerry" Hornsby Jr., son of Gerald Hornsby Sr. and Jannette Kay Sieck Hornsby, was born March 22, 1965, in Iowa City, Iowa.
Jerry grew up in Perry and graduated high school in 1983.
He worked as a bridge builder...