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About a dozen residents of the Perry Lutheran Homes Spring Valley Campus competed in the annual Christmas Door Decorating Contest this year, and judging was held Friday morning. Spring Valley Activity Director Krista Espinoza led the panel of three judges...
The city of Perry hosted an open house Thursday evening at La Poste in order to give the public a chance to review some design concepts for Perry-themed signage. Bolton and Menk senior landscape architect Casey Byers and Bolton and...
The 20 children in Marlene Borjas' kindergarten class at PACES learned valuable lessons this fall in helping others in need by mounting a Penny Drive service learning project. The Penny Drive started Oct. 1 and ended Nov. 30, and its...
Five firefighters with the Perry Volunteer Fire Department were honored Thursday by the Iowa Department of Public Safety with the 2020 Sullivan Brothers’ Award of Valor for heroism in the line of duty. A total of 35 Iowans were honored...
The tornados and severe thunderstorms that tore through west-central Iowa Wednesday night largely passed over Perry, leaving only fallen limbs and a downed power line at Willis Avenue and 14th Street. Storm sirens sounded several times, beginning about 5:15 p.m. Plywood...
An SUV and a pickup truck collided on Iowa Highway 141 about midway between Perry and Dawson Tuesday evening. At least one person was examined at the scene by the Dallas County EMS. The accident occurred about 4:30 p.m. on Iowa...
The Perry Community School District Board of Directors thanked its two outgoing members for their service Monday night before swearing in its new members to four-year terms. PCSD Superintendent Clark Wicks presented plaques to Casey Baldwin and Kyle Baxter in...
Perry Mayor John Andorf presented a certificate of appreciation to outgoing Perry Community and Economic Development Director Mike Fastenau at the Dec. 6 meeting of the Perry City Council. Fastenau, the city’s director of economic development since April 2019, announced...
A trailer hauling demolition debris from a mobile home was abandoned on a gravel road west of Perry Saturday night. A motorist reported to the Perry Police Department about 7:45 p.m. that a pickup truck was pulling a trailer loaded...
A passenger van and an SUV collided on Iowa Highway 141 at Eighth Street shortly before dusk Saturday evening. No injuries were reported in the two-vehicle crash. The mishap occurred about 4:30 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of Iowa Highway 141. The...