The Perry News
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...
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July 1, 2020
Officers responded to a fireworks complaint in the 1600 block of Eighth Street.
Officers received a report of harassment in the 1700 block of Warford Street.
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A Perry man was arrested Monday on a Dallas County warrant after allegedly threatening to kill the mother of his child in June via text messages.
Benjamin Thomas Ohrtman, 37, of 1924 Sixth St., Perry, was charged with first-offense stalking.
According...
A Jefferson man was arrested Friday on a variety of charges after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend with brass knuckles.
Justin Michael Cosnotti, 35, of 209 W. Russell St., Jefferson, was charged with willful injury causing bodily injury, third or...
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July 2, 2020
Anastasiya Andreeva Walker, 31, of 919 Taylor St., Redfield, was arrested at 705 Second St. in Redfield for possession of a controlled substance, driving on wrong...
A Gilbert man was arrested Friday on a Dallas County warrant for an incident occurring in Perry in 2018.
Roy Howard Coll III, 24, of Gilbert was charged with failure to appear for a Jan. 14, 2019, hearing in Dallas...
A Colorado woman was arrested in Waukee July 4 after allegedly striking a West Des Moines man who tried to take away her bottle of vodka.
Tiffaney Marie Drake, 32, of 3078 1/2 Colorado Ave., Grand Junction, Colorado, was charged...
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Data from the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) indicate total COVID-19 deaths statewide in Iowa stood at 721 at about 3 p.m Sunday, July 5. In Dallas County, 29 deaths have been reported.
The total...
A fluffy white dog, probably driven frantic by yesterday's fireworks, was found running in U.S. Highway 169 about 3 p.m. Saturday and taken in by a kindly passing motorist.
"He was running all over road and was almost hit," said...