Jim Caufield
The Friends of the Perry Library semi-annual plant and bake sale began Thursday afternoon in the library’s community room and continues Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Friends were on...
Thanks to an accident of history, Perry's residential neighborhoods have never been sharply separated by race or class. Visitors might sometimes criticize Perry's housing as an uneven patchwork, with large, fine houses found standing side by side with much...
A break in the storm clouds shortly after sunset revealed a bright beauty in the twilight sky over Perry. The Perry area received about two inches of rain Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
September 16, 2015
Patrick James Beuter, 55, 314 North St., Minburn, was arrested on a charge of second-offense public intoxication.
*A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
September 16, 2015
Pamela Lamar of 979 Oakridge Dr., Des Moines, was arrested in the 21000 block of Old Highway 6 for driving under the influence and for possession of a controlled substance.
Michael Eugene Blanchard and Virginia Ann Stonehocker of...
The Agricultural Law Center at Drake University will team up in November with the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University for the 2015 SOIL Conference.
SOIL is an acronym for Sustaining Our Iowa Land.
Matt Russell, state food...
Hoping to import fresh ideas into Iowa's sometimes rancorous discussions of water quality, five Iowa state legislators will caravan to Minnesota Sept. 21-23 for a clean water and soil health tour.
State Rep. Chuck Isenhart (D-Dubuque), ranking member on the...
The spirit of McDonald's Tea Room, a regular meeting place for elegant Perry ladies in the middle of the last century, was the model for a high tea Wednesday afternoon at the Perry Lutheran Home Spring Valley Campus.
About 20...
Lois Worrell, 97, of Perry died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry.
Funeral services will be held Friday, Sept. 18 at 2 p.m. at Carris Family Funeral Home in Perry. Visitation will be from 1-2...
The Perry Kiwanis Club learned about new techniques and theories Tuesday regarding the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from Dallas County EMS Director Mike Thomason.
Thomason demonstrated how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED), a life-saving tool becoming more available in...