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About a dozen Perry homes are without electric power at this hour after a power pole at the southwest corner of Eight and Dewey streets was sheared off about 8:15 p.m. Thursday when a westbound vehicle left the roadway. The...
Five Perry High School students have been selected to participate in the Drake University Honor Band Festival Dec. 4 and 5 at the Hamon Fine Arts Center on the DU campus in Des Moines. The talented musicians are Breanna Penenger,...
The Perry Kiwanis Club welcomed Perry City Administrator Sven Peterson to their Tuesday luncheon meeting at the Hotel Pattee in Perry. Peterson Perry City Administrator. Sven discussed three new apartment-house construction projects currently in the works for Perry.  In the...
The Flags over Perry program is nearing the end of its first year's cycle, with the Perry Lions Club and Optimist Club members raising more than 200 flags on Veterans Day. The patriotic program is still accepting new participants. For...
A tree was brought down by high winds shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday in the 1300 block of Fifth Street near St. Patrick's School in Perry. Perry Police Officer Josh Moore was first on the scene, and he removed parts...
https://youtu.be/3AI0wQrSREM The metro media turned out in force Wednesday morning to cover the Perry Hy-Vee's free breakfast for veterans. The event kicked of a day-long schedule of Veterans Day activities honoring U.S. veterans. The television invasion shows Perry's importance as an...
The stage is nearly set at the Perry Performing Arts Center, 1200 18th St. in Perry, for Wednesday's Veterans Day ceremonies, with Tuesday afternoon's raising of the 20 foot by 30 foot U.S. flag that serves as backdrop to...
The Dallas County Hospital in Perry is partnering with the Midwest Rural Telemedicine Consortium of the Mercy Health Network to present a free program, "Tobacco Addiction: Is it Really Worth Treating,” Thursday, Nov. 19 from 6-7 p.m. in the...
Nov. 4 marked two years since Jay and Denise Hartz reopened the Hotel Pattee, and by all accounts they have brought the business back to life and made it the hub of much downtown trade. "We're very happy with the...
In remarks made during last year's Veterans Day ceremonies at Perry High School, Vietnam War Veteran John Powell of Perry mentioned plans underway for a poppy-themed public artwork to grace the foyer of the Perry Performing Arts Center. One year...