The Perry News
What was first reported as a fully engulfed garage fire at 1901 Otley Ave. about 6:15 p.m. Saturday was found to be instead a minor fire in an apartment house at 1019 Otley Ave.
The Perry Volunteer Fire Department responded...
A rural Woodward man was arrested on a Greene County warrant Thursday in connection with a July 9 incident in which he allegedly beat up his girlfriend from Grand Junction.
James Kenneth Harris, 33, of 746 330th St., Woodward, was...
Funeral services for Marilyn M. Miller, 85, of Perry will be 11 a.m. Friday, July 24 at New Hope Evangelical Free Church, Adel. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the funeral. Burial will be at the Elmwood...
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...
A 100-foot stretch of County Road R22 (Ute Avenue) just north of County Road F90 (360th Street) in southern Waukee will be closed from Friday, July 27 to Monday, Aug. 7 for crossing repairs on the Iowa Interstate Railroad.
Detour...
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July 16, 2020
Emily Ruby Witter, 29, of 305 27th St., Mason City, was arrested on a warrant for unauthorized use of credit cards and failure to appear for...
The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Des Moines has issued a heat advisory for the Perry area from 1 p.m. Friday until 8 p.m. Saturday.
Heat index values up to 110 are expected across all of central Iowa.
The high...
A Dollar Tree discount store is planning to open in the spring 2021 at 628 First Ave. in Perry in the current location of Harland Ace Hardware.
“Dollar Tree continues to grow, and we are proud to be part of...
The $300,000 renovation project at Perry Public Library -- including bathroom upgrades and a new east entrance -- will begin Monday, July 27, and the library will remain closed to the public through October.
The scheduled construction also includes a...
A Rippey man was arrested July 2 in connection with a June 28 incident in which he allegedly defaced his next-door neighbor's house with red paint and broke the windshield of his neighbor's pickup truck, causing an estimated $30,000...