Jim Caufield
Reopening of U.S. Highway 169 north of Minburn is now slated for early September, according to a spokesperson from the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT).
Summer rains slowed the pace of the bridge replacement project, which started June 15 and...
The 2015 Latino Festival returns to downtown Perry this year with a new theme -- ¡Viva Perry! The annual cultural event, sponsored by Hispanics United for Perry (HUP), is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 29 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
After...
Hastings Funeral Home in Perry is in charge of arrangements for MaryAnn Pohl, 75, of Perry. MaryAnn died Aug. 17, 2015, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
Visitation will be after 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 at Hastings...
August 17, 2015
Billy Dean Devilbiss, 31, 204 Lucinda St., Perry, was arrested on charges of driving while barred, driving while revoked and eluding arrest.
Robert Lee Kraft III, 27, was arrested on a Perry warrant on a charge of fifth-degree...
August 17, 2015
Sean Harrington, 21, of 2119 Kading Road, Perry, was arrested on a warrant for probation violation on an original charge of possession of a controlled substance.
Dustin Axle Brobst, 24, of 825 Park St., Perry, was arrested in...
Perry Community School District Superintendent Lynn Ubben announced Monday the Perry Elementary School received a donation from the West Des Moines branch of Wells Fargo and Co., located near the Jordan Creek shopping center.
Ubben said the financial services company...
If the graphic artist Bansky were to pass through Perry and paint a food truck in the style of an LA alleyway, it would probably look like the latest version of the Absolutely Delicious mobile restaurant.
A familiar sight in...
August 17, 2015
Janier Puente, 16, 1612 Willis Ave., Perry, was issued a citation for first-offense curfew violation.
Desiree Marie Hartz, 17, 1501 Willis Ave., Perry, was issued a citation for first-offense curfew violation.
*A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the...
Sunday's Spirit of '45 memorial ceremony drew a crowd of about 300 to the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter to honor U.S. veterans of World War II and commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the war.
Mahlon...
August 13, 2015
Roger Warford of Hastings, Neb., was traveling on U.S. Interstate 80 near the 113 mile marker when his vehicle was sideswiped by a semi tractor trailer hauling a car trailer. Warford was towing a camper that was...