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Laughter and literacy joined hands Friday morning when some 75 adult volunteers gave 90 minutes to read to about 100 Perry Elementary School students in the Everybody Wins! Iowa special event. After signing in and gathering in the school library,...
About 20 people attended Friday's Lunch and earn program at the Dallas County Hospital, with Deb Koelln, chief care officer and certified dementia practitioner/master trainer at the Perry Lutheran Home, delivering a talk entitled, “Identify and Understand the Warning...
  The two-vehicle collision occurring about 6:45 p.m. Thursday on Iowa Highway 141 at Iowa Street in Perry, as first reported by ThePerryNews.com, resulted in three citations issued to an out-of town motorist and a Perry woman transported to the...
A collision involving at least two vehicles occurred about 6:45 p.m. Thursday on Iowa Highway 141 at Iowa Street in Perry. One of the vehicles, a passenger minivan, came to rest pointing west in the westbound lanes of Iowa Highway...
A steady stream of wellwishers visited the Perry Perk coffeehouse in downtown Perry Thursday afternoon to wish Marge Stewart both a happy birthday -- Nov. 30 marks her 84th year -- and retirement congratulations for her 38 years with...
While Habitat for Humanity is known for rocking the block in its special way, a downtown block got rocked in a different way Wednesday morning in Perry when the Hero Rock was delivered to the rear of La Paris...
Without much fanfare, Dallas County's home health nurses closed up shop Oct. 31 after 48 years of bringing skilled nursing care into the homes of county residents. "It's hard," said Kelly Vellinga, director of Dallas County Public Health Nursing Services....
The Iowa State Patrol has released details about the two-vehicle collision Saturday night involving a Dallas County Sheriff's office patrol car and a private vehicle as first reported by ThePerryNews.com. The crash occurred about 9 p.m. near the Washington Township...
The long holiday weekend came to a chilly end about 5:30 a.m. Monday for the residents of the Willis Avenue Apartments when a fire alarm led to an evacuation of the 38-unit complex at 913 Willis Ave. Young and old...
A new main in Perry's sanitary sewer system will be laid starting this week along 16th Street/K Avenue southward from the Iowa Highway 141 bypass, bringing sewer service to two properties recently annexed by the city and to four...