The Perry News
Longtime volunteer and supporter of Perry High School athletics Homer Perkins passed away Sunday evening. Services will be held later this week.
Homer was heavily involved with the PHS athletic programs, having devoted much time and resources to the Bluejays...
Jayden Whitney of Perry has been named to the Grinnell College Dean’s List for the spring 2020 semester, Anne F. Harris, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Grinnell College, announced this week.
Whitney ranks "among the top Grinnell...
Graveside services for Homer L. Perkins, 79, of Perry will be 10 a.m. Friday, July 10, with military honors at Violet Hill Cemetery. A visitation will be held Thursday, July 9 from 3-7 p.m. at Murdock Funeral Home, with...
Bradley W. Allen, 69, of Boone and formerly of Perry passed away Friday, July 3, 2020, at his home with his family by his side.
A private family service will be held at Rose Hill Cemetery in Boone.
Bradley Wade Allen...
Marty Rose, 79, of Woodward passed away Sunday, July 5, 2020, at her home in Woodward, Iowa.
In accord with Marty's wishes, no services are planned at this time.
Carris Family Funeral Home and Cremation Care in Perry is assisting her...
Between the Perry Chamber of Commerce's Big Boom Bracket Battle and other successful fundraising efforts, the $12,500 raised for the 2020 Perry Fourth of July fireworks exploded in a 30-minute blaze of glory Saturday, with every public big boom...
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Data from the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) indicate total COVID-19 deaths statewide in Iowa stood at 722 at about 1 p.m Monday, July 6. In Dallas County, 29 deaths have been reported.
The total...
To the editor:
Perhaps growing up and learning about my mother’s childhood spent as an evacuee from Hitler’s attacks is why I’ve never considered the U.S. invulnerable, but I never imagined we’d be told to make peace with a national...
To the editor:
It is my belief that the reason why Donald Trump focuses so much on the lifestyle, social, identity-politics and culture-wars issues while focusing much less on the economic, financial, bread-and-butter and kitchen-table issues, which I focus on,...
Private family services with military honors are planned for Tommy Hamman, 84, of Des Moines and formerly of Perry.
Tommy passed away Friday, July 3, 2020, at University Park Nursing and Rehabilitation in Des Moines, Iowa.
Survivors include one daughter, Tommi...