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LOS ANGELES -- Beloved game show icon Alex Trebek, the longtime host of "Jeopardy!" died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 80.
Trebek was diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer in March 2019. He taped his final shows...
DES MOINES, Iowa — Data from the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) indicate total COVID-19 deaths statewide in Iowa stood at 1,842 at about 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. In Dallas County, 51 deaths have been reported.
The total for...
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Ending the pandemic is going to require a national sense of emergency. Saving the economy will require a major stimulus package. And yes, we are...
The boil advisory has been lifted for Minburn customers of the Xenia Rural Water District who were placed under the temporary order Tuesday following a disruption in the distribution system and a drop in pressure, according to a Minburn...
Nine people in the Adel-De Soto-Minburn Community School District tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, between Friday, Oct. 30 and Friday, Nov. 6, according to communications from ADM Superintendent Greg Dufoe.
The positive cases included one student...
Perry Police Department Officer Wayne Schuttler received the Iowa Police Officer of the Year award from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Oct. 23 at the VFW's annual state conference in Des Moines.
Schuttler, who joined the Perry Police Department in...
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November 2, 2020
A 2007 Hyundai, registered to and driven by Win Lian of 3221 Villa Vista Drive, Des Moines, collided with a 2006 Kia, registered to and driven...
All Perry city offices, the Perry Water Works, the Perry Public Library and the McCreary Community Building will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 11 in observance of Veterans Day.
There will be no change to garbage routes the week of Nov....
November 6, 2020
Gabriel Serrano of Chicago was traveling westbound near the 105 mile marker of U.S. Interstate 80 when his vehicle struck a deer. No injuries were reported. Damage was estimated at $10,000.
Lael King of Council Bluffs...
Perry Community School District Superintendent Clark Wicks announced Thursday that one Perry High School student tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday, Nov. 4.
All students and families in contact with this student have been notified, Wicks said, and five students will...