Jim Caufield
Scroll through the calendars, and see how many healthy activities abound at the McCreary Community Building, Perry's premier public recreation facility. For more information, call the MCB at 515-465-5621.
If you are ready for a laugh, you will want to see the Perry High School Drama Department's spring production of Pat Cook's "Altar Egos (The I Do's and Don'ts of an American Wedding)."
"With lines like a sitcom, this...
Howard Seeley, 91, of Perry, died Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry.
Services will be held Friday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home in Perry. Visitation will be Thursday, March...
Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson is in charge of arrangements for Alberta Coil, 69, of Jefferson.
Alberta died March 16, 2015 at the Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines. A Gathering Celebration is planned for Saturday March 21, at...
Cargill, the largest privately held corporation in the U.S. and the nation's eighth-largest pork producer in 2014, has its eye on land near Grand Junction for a new $30 million feed mill, according to a company representative.
Cargill Pork Vice...
Spring open burning of yard waste
The spring season of open burning of yard waste materials will begin at 10 a.m. on April 1 and end at sundown on May 31.
All burning must take place from 10 a.m. until sundown....
A Celebration of Life Service with Military Rites for Marvin W. Menz, 85, will be 5 p.m. Saturday, March 21 at Murdock Funeral Home in Perry.
Pastor Kevin Vryhof from Care Services of Central Iowa Hospice will officiate.
Visitation will begin...
Spring-like weather came early to the Perry area this year, and nature was quick to respond.
ThePerryNews.com Naturalist Ray Harden sends the following report from local birder John Bissell:
Species county for Walnut Creek Wetland (go three miles west of Grimes...
Mackenzie Van Schuyver, 19, of Woodward died Monday, March 16, 2015.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 21 at 1:30 p.m. at Carris Family Funeral Home in Perry.
Visitation will be Friday, March 20 from 5-7 p.m. at Carris Family Funeral Home.
Burial...