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Memorial services were held for Dianne Lee Fagin, 81, of Perry Saturday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. at Murdock Funeral Home. Visitation was from 5-7 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will be at a later date in Valley...
November 22, 2018 Emily Dawn Betsworth, 21, of Indianola was arrested on a charge of first-offense OWI. A "worker at Tyson called, requesting a ride to Johnston. She was told we do not provide that service and was given...
November 21, 2018 A caller "called in to report he found a gun located in between" two downtown businesses. An officer responded, and a "black pellet pistol was placed into evidence." A patrolling officer of the Perry Police Department...
The Des Moines office of the National Weather Service (NWS) has downgraded the central-Iowa forecast for Sunday from a winter storm watch to a winter weather advisory. The winter weather advisory will remain in effect from midnight Saturday until midnight...
Wednesday's 11th annual Before the Turkey Soup Supper fundraiser at the First Christian Church in Perry raised more than $2,000 for this year's Shop with a Cop program. For the price of a free-will donation, visitors could choose among seven...
St. Nicholas, also known as Santa Claus, made the first of his planned seasonal appearances in the Perry area this week when he arrived riding in a sleigh drawn by a dinosaur at the restored Perry Oil Co. at...
Just in time for Friday's rain and Sunday's snow, the First Presbyterian Church in Perry was blessed this week when workers finished installing a new roof on the building. "We've got a nice steel roof now that should last forever,"...
A winter storm watch has been issued for portions of central and southern Iowa from Saturday night into Sunday night, according to the Des Moines office of the National Weather Service (NWS). The system will bring the potential for moderate to heavy...
Memorial services will be held for Dianne Lee Fagin, 81, of Perry at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24 at Murdock Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Saturday prior to the service at Murdock Funeral Home. Dianne passed away...
Levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another new record high, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). There is no sign of a reversal in this trend, which is driving long-term climate change, sea level...