Third annual Run Through Time enjoys mild weather, mellow music
News Desk 1 of 6 Some 25 fun runners and walkers crossed the finish line at the third annual Perry Lutheran Homes Run Through Time Saturday morning. The disco era of the…
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Tenth annual Washington Twp School tractor ride draws 25 units
1 of 9 Sheryl Book, left, briefs the tractor drivers on the day’s planned route. A flare wagon, dating from the 1940s and built by students of the Washington Township…
Gas line break, leak lead to public safety response Saturday
Workers struck and broke a gas line in a residential neighborhood Saturday afternoon in Perry, bringing local public safety agencies in response. Workers struck and broke a gas line in…
Inwardly rotting, large ash limb falls Friday on parked cars
No injuries were reported when the rotten limb fell Friday afternoon. A large tree limb fell in a Perry alleyway Friday afternoon, bringing down power lines above and damaging vehicles…
National parks refine ticketed-entry systems to manage visitor boom
WASHINGTON — Watching the sunrise from Cadillac Mountain at Maine’s Acadia National Park is a gorgeous view — so breathtaking that on some days, as many as 500 cars could…
Drake prof: Iowa’s water quality approach is ‘magical thinking’
A Drake University law professor called Iowa’s voluntary program to ease farm runoff and improve water quality “magical thinking” designed to “deny and defer any potential action” and to prevent…
Industry officials ‘optimistic’ lawmakers will pass biofuels standard next session
Industry officials are ‘optimistic’ that state lawmakers next year will approve a measure requiring retailers to sell higher blends of biofuels. A member of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board said…
‘It’s a tinderbox situation’: Western governors ask Biden for better wildfire prevention
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden met virtually with governors from Western and Midwestern states on Friday to discuss how federal intervention can best aid states battling wildfires, amid complaints from…
CONGRESS APPROVES PAYING SECURITY EXPENSES FOR JAN 6TH CAPITOL RIOT
CONGRESS HAS FINALLY APPROVED PICKING UP THE TAB FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD AND CAPITOL POLICE WHO RESPONDED TO THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE U.S. CAPITOL. SENATOR JONI ERNST SAYS…
J.J. COHEN OF “BACK TO THE FUTURE’ TO APPEAR AT ACME COMICS SUNDAY
YOU’VE SEEN HIM IN ALL THREE BACK TO THE FUTURE MOVIES, PLUS THE HORROR MOVIE 976-EVIL AND NUMEROUS TV SHOWS. J.J. COHEN WILL MEET FANS AND SIGN AUTOGRAPHS SUNDAY AFTERNOON…
BAUER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR NEW YEAR’S SHOOTING DEATH
ANOTHER OF THE SUSPECTS CHARGED IN THE NEW YEAR’S EVE FATAL DRIVE-BY SHOOTING OF AN 18-YEAR-OLD SIOUX CITY GIRL HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO PRISON. ANTHONY BAUER WILL SERVE UP TO…
Reynolds rejects Biden’s call for $100 vaccine incentives
DES MOINES — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has no plans to offer $100 incentives to Iowans to get the coronavirus vaccine after President Joe Biden pleaded with states and local…
Iowa sued over failure to turn over Test Iowa emails
The Iowa Department of Public Health, already fighting formal complaints claiming it has repeatedly violated Iowa’s Open Records Law, is now being sued over access to records related to a…
Spotlight back on Marshalltown Community Theatre
The show can finally go on. Marshalltown Community Theatre (MCT) is preparing for a comeback season, with two shows in the works for this year. “We are all really anxious…
Post office employee to be in Urbandale theater production
The Marshalltown Post Office is set to have one it’s longtime employees star in a theatre production in Urbandale. Dean Messerly — an employee with the post office in Marshalltown…