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A fire in a third-floor apartment at the Perry Lutheran Home Spring Valley campus at 501 12th St. in Perry brought a swift response Sunday morning about 9 a.m. from the Perry Volunteer Fire Department. The Perry Police Department also...
Representatives of the 10 American Legion Posts in Dallas County convened in Minburn Saturday afternoon for their regular meeting. The Minburn American Legion Post 99 hosted the meeting, which drew attendees from Adel Post 464, Dallas Center Post 49, Dexter...
The Minburn Emergency Rescue Team served soup by the bowlful Saturday during their annual fundraising luncheon at the Minburn United Methodist Church. Many familiar faces were seen during the two-hour event. For the price of a free-will donation, diners could...
A three-vehicle collision occurred about 11:45 a.m. Saturday on U.S. Highway 169 near 300th Street in Boone County. The circumstances causing the pileup are unknown at this hour, and the Iowa State Patrol was not available for comment. The accident appeared...
The dozen volunteer reading mentors in the Everybody Wins! Iowa Power Lunch program were thanked Friday for giving their time to one-on-one weekly reading with Perry Elementary School third graders. Certificates of appreciation, signed by Iowa's governor and lieutenant governor,...
Among the most favored dishes served up the Perry Hy-Vee's Throwback Thursday specials is the trademark spaghetti once on the menu at Pucci's Pizza in Perry. Pucci's closed in 2001 after loyally serving its Perry customers for 25 years behind...
Text is the root of the word "textile" because words are woven, and local art impresario and postal lady Jenny Eklund spun a pretty web at the last meeting of the Perry City Council with her novel notion of...
When visitors to the 2017 Iowa Bike Expo worked their way to the heart of Hy-Vee Hall in downtown Des Moines Saturday, they found a line of tents and tables staffed by pro-Perry boosters of the Let's Connect campaign,...
https://youtu.be/8dgkdmfPopM A mattress lying in the middle of the westbound lanes of Iowa Highway 141 was the proximate cause of a two-car collision Sunday about 10:20 p.m. near Bouton. The driver of one of the vehicles involved said he was traveling...
Local favorites the Al Welsh Orchestra played their trademark brand of toe-tapping swing music and big-band standards at the Perry Performing Arts Center Sunday to a crowd of about 70 -- and older. That is a joke, but the audience's...