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July 8, 2019 Jeffrey Orrell reported his brake lines was cut. Orrell called back 15 minutes later and said that since the deputy did not respond as quickly as Orrell thought he should, the deputy need not show up...
To view a log of the calls for service, click here. July 12, 2019 The Perry Police Department received a report of an attempted scam. The Perry Police Department received a report of a theft of property in the 400...
To the editor: It does not take an engineering degree or years of lab analysis of Iowa river water to know that pig poop is a big problem for Iowa. Anyone who has lived in Iowa for 30 years or more...
To the editor: Here are some interesting facts about Iowa’s water problem and the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico: Iowa is only 3 percent of the land that makes up the Mississippi Watershed. Of all the water that...
Lovers of Iowa's land and water have two attractive events worth attending next week, one taking in place in Perry and one in Des Moines. On Thursday, July 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the Iowa Environmental Council will...
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...
Brian Ratliff, 49, of Perry passed away Friday, July 12, 2019, in Perry, Iowa. A private family service will be held. Burial will be at the Violet Hill Cemetery in Perry. Memorials will be given to family and may be left...
To view a log of the calls for service, click here. July 10, 2019 The Perry Police Department received a report of an attempted scam. A resident received a phone call from someone claiming to be a family member and...
To view a log of the calls for service, click here. July 10, 2019 Regan Pals of West Des Moines was traveling south near the intersection of Mills Civic Parkway and Grand Prairie Parkway when she dropped something in her...
July 10, 2019 James Cunningham, 44, of no fixed abode was booked into the jail for disorderly conduct, first-offense trespassing, interference with official acts, fifth-degree criminal mischief, assault on a person in certain occupations and second-offense possession of a...