Perry News

A Dallas County parochial school has received a $4.5 million thank you from one of its alumni.

Thanksgiving came early for a small, Dallas County parochial school. And it arrived with a bunch of zeroes attached.

The deluge of holiday consumerism is already under way, and while it's tempting to overspend, in these economic times, many are looking to give fewer gifts that pack a bit more heart.

The halls are decked at the Perry Tea Room . Inside, cloth poinsettias spill from tall vases on the tables, salt and pepper pour from shakers fashioned into ceramic angles, red wreaths glitter, sheer snowflake curtains sparkle and splays of red berries and golden leaves dash up the room.

Merle Hay Mall is named after the first Iowan killed in WWI. In honor of our namesake and to honor all Veterans who have served, Merle Hay Mall is hosting a Veteran's Day Pancake Breakfast near Sears.

Saturday 1:30 a.m. 235th Street. Liliana Romero, 23, Ottumwa, was traveling west on 235th Street when a deer ran out of the south ditch into the path of her 2007 Kia Optima.

Forget for a few months about tulip time in Pella. It's tuba time in Perry. The 31st annual William Bell Memorial Tuba and Euphonium Day will take place Saturday at the First United Methodist Church, with a clinic for tuba players - 'tubists' if you're fancy - and a public concert at 4 p.m. 'There's a lot of low overtones, that's for sure, and a ...

Amanda Robertson held up her digital camera. Her hands shook. 'I haven't been able to sleep the last three days,' she said.

Detachment 2, 1168th Transportation Company, 2:30 p.m., Audubon High School gymnasium, 800 3rd Ave., Audubon.

Perry, Ia. - Mark Terpstra hopes his Cyst Tech soybean seed - which he says will neutralize the yield-robbing nematode parasite - can make Mark Seed Co.

The city of West Des Moines will pump $60,000 over three years into an extension of the Raccoon River Valley Trail.

Topic: Obituaries Submitted Obituary : Lester J. Baird Published Online Oct 09, 2009 - 10:32 AM Lester James Baird, a 64-year-old resident of 1905 Remington at Trenton, died on Saturday, Oct.

When Chance Dorland, a 2005 graduate of Woodward-Granger High School and a senior at Emerson College in Boston, had a chance to broaden his life experience with a student exchange trip to Germany, he jumped at the opportunity.

Voters in Dallas County have said no - twice in the past 15 years - to legalized gambling.

The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday upheld the misdemeanor conviction of a teenager who sent a text message photo of his nude groin area to a 14-year-old female classmate.

Downtown eatery Splash Seafood Bar & Grill, is hosting the Greater Des Moines Buy Fresh Buy Local Iowa Harvest Happy Hour in the lounge on Sept.

Des Moines Area Community College officials will build a center in Perry that provides what city leaders say they desperately need: a college presence and an economic boost.

Voters across Iowa head to the polls today to decide who will serve on local school boards.

Karl and the Country Dutchmen kept dancers moving, but that wasn't the only show in town Friday afternoon.

A young boy is in the hospital after colliding with an SUV. Cedar Rapids Police say 10-year-old Malik Perry was riding his bike near Bever Ave.