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A total of 11 teams competed for local glory Saturday in Perry at the Ninth Annual Iowa Fire Museum Coed Softball Tournament. The yearly event helps support Perry's Iowa Fire Museum. Brian Eiteman is the curator. Championship honors in the...
Two vehicles collided about 8:45 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Second and Center streets in Perry. No injuries were reported. A passenger vehicle sustained front-end damage in the accident, coming to rest in the westbound lane of Center street just...
A Perry man was arrested Friday and charged with rape. Jacob Kenneth Morgan, 24, of 1807 Fifth St., Perry, was charged with third-degree sexual abuse-forcible rape. The circumstances leading to Morgan's arrest have not been released by the Perry Police Department. The...
The Des Moines office of the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a hazardous weather outlook for portions of central Iowa Friday, forecasting thunderstorms through central Iowa later Friday and into early Saturday morning. Some storms may be severe into this...
Some 1,600 students will begin in-person classes this Wednesday when the fall term starts in the Perry Community School District. Many will attend all geared up for academic success, but others will arrive empty handed. "There are 50 or more...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The Alliant Energy Co. issued a statement Friday, claiming it will return all its customer up to full power by midnight Tuesday or sooner. “We have restored power to more than half of our customers who...
The Perry City Hall has extended the suspension of regular citywide garbage collection through Aug. 21 and opened all three recycling drop-off points for temporary use as garbage drop-offs. The city issued the following update Friday afternoon on the temporary...
  From about Memorial Day through Labor Day, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conducts weekly monitoring of bacterial pollution in Iowa's 39 state park beaches. The DNR analyzes water samples from the beaches for certain one-celled microorganisms, known as...
Fred Peterson, 89, of Perry passed away Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, at the Perry Lutheran Home in Perry, Iowa. A memorial service in his honor will be held later. Memorials given will go for Youth Education at Forest Park Museum...
What: Second Grade Beep and Greet When: Monday, Aug. 17 from 4-6 p.m. Where: Perry Elementary School east (backside) parking lot. Come wave hello to your new teacher, drop off your school supplies and pick up important information and forms. Qué: Bip y...