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Updated election results in the contest for two seats on the Perry Community School District Board of Directors show Eddie Diaz and Travis Landgrebe have won the race that saw 1,444 votes cast. In the Dallas County portion of the...
Tuesday saw 567 votes cast at the McCreary Community Building in Perry, with the contest for two seats on the Perry Community School District Board of Directors taking the only contested race. The unofficial record showed that Eddie Diaz received...
When you think about corporations that sicken or kill their employees or the general public for the sake of profits, Purdue Pharma's opioids or Monsanto's Roundup or PG&E's Erin Brockovich might come to mind, but the original case of...
A new housing subdivision for Perry's west side is on the drawing board, and the city's planning and zoning commission and city council will soon consider making the zoning changes needed for the development. Douglas Ivan Escalona of Ankeny, president...
A huge crowd gathered in downtown Perry late Friday afternoon for the annual Chamber of Commerce Spooktacular Halloween celebration from 4-6 p.m. Innumerable costumed youngsters — and a good number of made-up adults — flowed along Second and Railroad streets,...
About 30 people braved the rain Thursday morning to gather for the grand opening of Maddie Cakes Bakery in the newly remodeled quarters at 1014 Second St. in downtown Perry. Maddie Kelderman and Brandon Kelderman are the proprietors of the...
Curt Hite of Perry announced the launch of his write-in campaign for the second-ward seat on the Perry City Council after encouragement from his friend and fellow Perry Bible Church member Dr. Randy McCaulley, the second ward's representative since...
A Perry man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after leading law enforcement on a 15-mile high-speed chase along gravel roads from Perry into Boone County. Mark Edward Dugan II, 42, of Perry was charged with eluding. The incident began about 4:15 p.m.,...
https://youtu.be/rJOEeBg8i_Y A man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after leading law enforcement on a 15-mile high-speed chase along gravel roads from Perry into Boone County. The incident began about 4:15 p.m., according to public safety radio traffic, when the driver of a...
ADEL, Iowa -- In August the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board canceled a previous incentive contract with Tyson Fresh Meats in Perry after the company failed to maintain its promised workforce size, but the Dallas County Supervisors decided...