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The Constitutional rights of private property were trampled over the weekend by unknown vandals who defaced two prominent Trump-Pence signs with symbols of racist hatred. Swastikas, best known for their use by the Nazi Party in Germany in the 1930s...
A Perry man was arrested Sunday afternoon after leading a Perry Police Department officer on a high-speed car chase across town and then fleeing on foot into timber northeast of Perry. Anthony R. Booth, 29, of 1819 Sixth St., Perry,...
Loretta Stone is the creative force behind the "I Care a Lot" parody video that was released this week to great acclaim. ThePerryNews.com caught up with Loretta, a Perry native, and posed a few questions to the filmmaker. TPN: What...
ADEL, Iowa -- Friday morning's rain and mud did not stop third district Congresswoman Rep. Cindy Axne (D-West Des Moines) from touring the DMACC agribusiness program that operates on the Dallas County farm north of Adel. Dallas County owns 526...
Students in the Perry High School Music and Drama departments more than recaptured their lost year of 2020 with a superb staging Friday and Saturday of the musical, “Mamma Mia!” Originally planned for a spring 2020 production but finding instead...
The Minburn Volunteer Fire Department responded to a power pole fire about 6:45 p.m. Wednesday at 220th Street and U.S. Highway 169 south of Minburn. No injuries were reported in the blaze, which presumably had an electrical cause. The utility company...
The Dallas County Board of Supervisors has set an April 15 deadline for contractors to respond to a request for proposals (RFP) for the restoration of a coach house, the oldest surviving structure on the grounds of the 152-year-old...
The Perry Public Library celebrated its $300,000 renovation Wednesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony and tours of the facility, and a memorial patio set was dedicated outside the library's main entrance in memory of longtime Perry supported Wilford Roberts,...
The Perry City Council entered a 25-year lease agreement with Alliant Energy Monday for a solar energy array to be built on the brownfield area on the city's west side. The partnership with Perry marks Alliant Energy's first customer-hosted...
Two SUVs collided on Iowa Highway 141 Diagonal just south of Tanner Lane on the Moran curve Friday evening. No injuries were reported. The collision occurred about 5:15 p.m. on the northbound lanes of the state highway, where a Toyota SUV...