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https://youtu.be/ATsyZ_1PZN4 There were no injuries in the Friday morning fire that destroyed a house in rural Boone County, according to the Perry Volunteer Fire Department. The fire was first reported to the Boone County Sheriff's office and passed on to the...
https://youtu.be/ATsyZ_1PZN4 Fire destroyed a house in rural Boone County early Friday. It is unknown at this hour whether the house at 2024 Clover Ave. was occupied, according to the Boone County Sheriff's office and the Perry Volunteer Fire Department. Perry Volunteer Fire...
Volunteers with the Perry Food Pantry had their hands filled Wednesday afternoon when a large donation was received from the Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines, raised during the church's Super Bowl food drive. “We were expecting a...
The First Presbyterian Church in Perry will offer daycare services beginning in March if preparations stay on track. The Rev. Lynne Hanna, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, said preparations are in process, and a March opening is currently the...
Perry musician Donna Emmert played more than a dozen popular songs on the piano at the Wednesday Fellowship at McCreary Community Building. With tunes ranging in time from the early 1800s to the 1960, Emmert entertained the crowd of about...
A changing of the guard on the Perry Historic Preservation Commission was confirmed Wednesday at the group's February meeting, with four of the seven seats filled by new members. The Perry City Council made the four appointments at its Jan....
The Perry Perk coffeehouse opened in its new home Tuesday morning in sub-zero temperatures and snow-slick streets, but the welcome indoors was warm and toasty. Adam Modlin was the first customer in line at the new store, taking his latte...
In spite of Monday's heavy snows, Perry-area citizens gathered for the midterm precinct caucuses in order to choose delegates to the county central committee meetings in March and the district conventions in April. About 25 Democrats from five Dallas County...
As if he is not busy enough with his auto service and towing businesses, Jason McKee of Perry has put another iron in the fire by buying out longtime Perry serviceman Phill Naylor's Naylor Service and Sales on east...
The Perry Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire about 9:30 a.m. Sunday at 1809 W. Third St. in Perry. No flames were visible, but heavy smoke was billowing from the single family home when firefighters arrived. The fire...