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February 1, 2021
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More than 900 students graduated from the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Ankeny, Boone, Carroll, Newton, Urban and West Campuses at the end of the fall term, including two Perry scholars:
Jordan Rothmeyer, Liberal Arts
Trinity Summerson, Liberal...
Perry Community School District Superintendent Clark Wicks has announced that one student at the Perry High School and two students at the Perry Elementary School tested positive Monday for SARS-CoV-2, the virus causes COVID-19.
In addition, 15 close contacts of...
Twelve students and two staff members in the Adel-De Soto-Minburn Community School District tested positive since Jan. 23 for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to communications from ADM Superintendent Greg Dufoe.
Two students at the Adel Elementary School,...
The Bock Family Foundation Inc. of Perry is now accepting grant applications for its spring 2021 granting cycle. The deadline for submissions is March 1.
The foundation supports nonprofit organizations operated for religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes. Projects...
The Perry Rotary Club presented its annual Rotary Club Civil Servant of the Year award for 2020 to Perry Public Works Director Jack Butler at Monday's meeting of the Perry City Council.
Rotary Rotary President Dirk Cavanaugh said Butler was...
Noah Ferguson, 31, of Lehigh, Iowa, passed away Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, of injuries he sustained in a snowmobile accident in Lehigh.
A Come-and-Go visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Carson-Stapp...
JEFFERSON, Iowa -- A Jefferson woman was arrested Saturday afternoon after allegedly stabbing her sister in the head with an ice pick in the course of a domestic dispute.
Shon Renae Blake, 55, of 405 N. Locust St., Jefferson, was...
A Perry man was arrested Sunday after brawling with his wife Saturday night.
Jeffery Joseph Cechovic, 38, of 2209 Otley Ave., Perry, was charged with second-offense domestic abuse assault-aggravated.
The incident began Saturday about 8 p.m., when officers of the Perry...
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January 23, 2021
Richard Anderson of Earlham was traveling in the 20500 block of 358th Place when his vehicle struck a deer. No injuries were reported. Damage was estimated...