The Perry News
The Perry Jayettes 11-and-under girls softball team captured the 12C Silver Championship May 19 at the May Madness tournament in Ankeny.
Playing for the Jayettes were Paislee Brokaw, Sophia Carlson, Jillian Chapman, Kynlee Cochran, Makalyn Cochran, Abby Hernandez, Hailey Hernandez,...
Michael Blaser of Woodward played "Taps" during Memorial Day services Monday at the Woodward Cemetery, his 60th consecutive year to so honor America's war dead.
Blaser, a member of the American Legion Laurens C. Shull Post No. 211, started playing...
Ben's Five and Dime, a pillar of Perry's downtown retailing community since 1952, is going out of business, owner Andrea Tunink of Perry announced Monday.
"I am deeply saddened to announce this news," Tunink said on Facebook. "We will be...
A conversation about rural one-room schoolhouses will be held Sunday, June 2 at 1 p.m. at Forest Park Museum in Perry. Bill Sherman, a noted expert on rural schools in Iowa and the author of "Iowa’s Country Schools: Landmarks...
This article comprises research conducted by Sue Leslie, Myrna Griffith and Deanette Snyder.
In 1850, when the state used precincts rather than townships, the boundary lines for Sugar Grove Township were unsettled. It was divided into Buena Vista and Des...
An Adel man allegedly assaulted a sleeping Lorimor man with a tire iron Tuesday in Adel.
Esequiel Trevino Jr., 30, of 1311 Pleasant St., Adel, was charged with willful injury causing bodily injury, going armed with intent, first-degree burglary, fourth-degree...
A Dallas Center woman was arrested Thursday after she allegedly slapped the face of the father of her children.
Trisha Marie Slauson, 46, of 601 Percival Ave., Dallas Center, was charged with first-offense domestic abuse assault-bodily injury or mental illness.
The...
A Waukee woman was arrested Friday after she allegedly sucker punched the father of her child.
Deana Marie Johnson, 26, of 125 Bailey Circle, Waukee, was charged with first-offense domestic abuse assault-bodily injury or mental illness.
The incident began about 1:45...
Closing out a spring term that none of them could have anticipated, the 127 graduates of the Perry High School Class of 2024 received diplomas in commencement exercises Sunday afternoon in the PHS gymnasium.
Students processed into the room to...
Kylie Carey, 20, of Waukee scored a hole-in-one on hole six at the Woodward Golf Club on May 20.
Number six measures 151 yards, and Kylie used a 7 iron on her lucky stroke, which several witnesses confirmed, including her...