The Perry News
A controlled burn in the 13200 block of N Avenue was visible for miles around Monday night about 9 p.m.
The farm ground on the east side of U.S. Highway 169 just north of the Four Corners intersection of Iowa...
April 8, 2019
Mark Salina of 2921 Kading Road, Perry, was traveling in the 17000 block of Iowa Highway 141 Diagonal when his vehicle struck a deer. No injuries were reported. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $4,000.
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To the editor:
I made the following remarks to the Perry School Board Monday night and wanted to share them with the people in the school district who did not attend the meeting.
My name is Ray Harden. I taught middle...
A 12-year-old boy who escaped from the grounds of the Woodward Academy about 9:15 p.m. Monday was taken into custody about 10 p.m. and returned to the facilty, according to law enforcement communication.
A 12-year-old boy escaped from the grounds of the Woodward Academy about 9:15 p.m. Monday, according to law enforcement radio traffic.
The child is described as a white male about 4'6" and 85 pounds.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of...
April 7, 2019
Issrael Baltazar, 25, 524 North St., Perry, was arrested on a charge of first-offense OWI.
A caller said "someone stole the catalytic converter from her R.V." An officer responded.
A caller said "he is sick, and...
April 6, 2019
A caller said someone "is destroying things and was threatening to hit him with an unknown object." Officers responded.
A caller "called to report loud music coming from somewhere." An officer responded but "was unable to...
Jonathan P. Parris, 64, of Perry passed away Thursday, April 4, 2019, at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
In accord with Johnathan's wishes, cremation rites have taken place. A Celebration of Life will be held in August.
The...
Gladys Hansen, 98, of Perry passed away Sunday, April 7, 2019, at the Perry Lutheran Home in Perry, Iowa.
A graveside service will be held at the Peoples Cemetery in rural Woodward Monday, April 15 at 11 a.m., with a...
April 5, 2019
Leonard Sloan Thompson of 319 N. Seventh St., Winterset, was traveling north in the 1000 block of U.S. Highway 169 when his vehicle struck a deer. No injuries were reported. Damage was estimated at $1,500.
Curtis...