The Perry News

Funeral services for Blaine Dee Lisle, 44, of Alden, Iowa, will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29 at the Immanuel Memorial United Church of Christ in Alden. Interment will be in the Rippey Cemetery. Visitation will be from...

November 24, 2018 Jairon Estuardo Alvarado, 32, 1411 W. Second St., Perry, was arrested on a charge of driving under suspension and was issued a citation for no proof of insurance. Charlie Fox II, 27, of Lehigh, Iowa, was...

Neal Howard Osherow died unexpectedly Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif. Neal retired from a successful career as a public defender for the County of Los Angeles. Neal is survived by his grief-stricken parents,...

Andrew Preston Varley, 83, of Earlham entered his heavenly home surrounded by family Nov. 19, 2018, while in Hospice at the Stuart Community Care Center in Stuart, Iowa. Andrew was born Dec. 2, 1934, in Des Moines to James Preston...

The 2019 Dallas County Foundation (DCF) grant application materials are now available online to prospective applicants, and the application deadline is Feb. 1. The online application includes overview instructions, grant application for and an evaluation. The DCF funds grant requests for projects that...

November 23, 2018 The Dallas County Sheriff's office requested assistance with a traffic stop in Perry. Officers responded. A woman entered the offices of the Perry Police Department at 908 Willis Ave. in order "to speak to an officer...

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...