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The driver of a vehicle involved in a low-speed pursuit Friday night with officers of the Perry Police Department was not arrested on a charge of eluding because "he was confused and did not understand that he was supposed...
Three of the leading names in Iowa's fractious water quality debate -- the Des Moines Water Works' Bill Stowe, the Iowa Soybean Association's Roger Wolf and IOWATER's Mary Skopec -- will hold a public conversation Saturday, Aug. 20 at...
Two vehicles collided shortly before 10 a.m. Saturday near the corner of First Avenue and South Street in Perry, bringing a response from the Perry Police Department. According to the Perry Police Department report, a 2005 Dodge Stratus driven by Javier...
The Iowa State Patrol, which provides security at the Iowa State Fair, was dispatched shortly before midnight Friday on a report that a gunman fired a shot through the door of the Varied Industries Building on the fairgrounds. "There actually...
More than 160 motorcyclists rolled out of Perry at 10:15 a.m. Saturday on the sixth annual Josh Davis Memorial Poker Run. U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Josh Davis of Perry was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2010. Davis was...
Saturday morning's yard sale in the parking lot of the Rowley Masonic Community's old wing featured many standard items, the clothes and toys and knick knacks, but a little away from these common things, in a kind of royal...
One man was arrested Friday about 10 p.m. after he led officers of the Perry Police Department on a low-speed pursuit from First Avenue near Iowa Highway 141 to the downtown area. The solo driver of the red passenger van...
Happy Hour at the Spring Valley Campus of the Perry Lutheran Home is a time of light refreshment, casual conversation and the familiar sounds of musical golden oldies. Pat Lydon of Des Moines is among the wide variety of musicians...
Brenda McLuen took off her Fareway necktie and ID tag for the last time Friday, retiring after 21 years with the Perry grocery store. McLuen began work at the Perry Fareway July 31, 1995. Travis Landgrebe, manager of the Perry outlet,...
The Perry Booster Club is once again doing a pop-up store in downtown Perry Friday, Aug. 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Town Craft Building at 1122 Willis Ave. will host the pop-up retail fundraising event. All new...