Billiard Room opens right on cue in Professional Arcade
News Desk The Billiard Room owner Doug Royer demonstrates the rudiments of billiards on his 10-foot Sport King table. A blast from Perry’s recreational past was heard this week with the opening…
August 2021
Letter to the editor: Dangerous guests for Dallas County GOP
Congressman Jim Jordan, who wrestled for the University of Wisconsin in the 1980s, is alleged to have looked the other way as a coach while Dr. Richard Strauss sexually abused…
Man sentenced to prison for kidnapping teen Iowa babysitter
WATERLOO — An El Salvador national has been sentenced to up to 25 years in prison for snatching a teenage girl from an eastern Iowa yard, dragging her into a…
Biden praises airlift, defends departure from ‘forever war’
WASHINGTON — Addressing the nation, a defensive President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the U.S. military airlift to extract more than 120,000 Afghans, Americans and other allies to end a…
Perry woman arrested for allegedly strangling roommate
A Perry woman was arrested Monday night after allegedly strangling her roommate in the course of a dispute. Araceli Gallardo, 19, of 3307 McKinley St., Perry, was charged with false…
Webster City Fire Department responds to building fire
Last night just after 9 PM, Webster City Fire Department (WCFD) responded to a building fire on 1112 Third St. Upon arrival, E33 found smoke and fire showing coming from…
Environmental group distills Iowa ag runoff pollution into clickable map
A national environmental group has developed a clickable map that describes some of Iowa’s most pressing pollution problems in fine detail. The Environmental Working Group’s “water atlas” shows what Iowans…
Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war
WASHINGTON — The United States has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled…
Des Moines police investigating 2 separate homicide scenes
DES MOINES — Police in Des Moines are investigating the deaths of two people in separate incidents reported just hours apart. Officers were called around 8:15 p.m. Monday to a…
SOUTH SIOUX POLICE ARREST 6 ON SEX TRAFFICKING CHARGES
SOUTH SIOUX CITY POLICE ARRESTED SIX SUSPECTS DURING THE MULTI-STATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPERATION LAST WEEK. TIMOTHY S. DALY OF PONCA, NEBRASKA WAS ARRESTED FOR SEEKING TO PURCHASE SEX ACTS WITH…
MASK BATTLE CONTINUES BETWEEN STATE & FEDERAL OFFICIALS
THE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS OPENED AN INVESTIGATION INTO IOWA’S BAN ON MASK MANDATES IN SCHOOLS. THE FEDERAL AGENCY SENT NOTICES TO IOWA…
ANOTHER TREE KILLING INSECT INVADES THE REGION
THE EMERALD ASH BORER ISN’T THE ONLY TREE KILLING PEST TO BE CONCERNED WITH. THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN A DESTRUCTIVE INSECT CALLED THE ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE EMERGES…
YANKTON HAS $2 MILLION POWERBALL WINNER
SOMEBODY WHO BOUGHT A POWERBALL TICKET IN YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA SATURDAY IS ABOUT TO BE A LOT WEALTHIER. THE SOUTH DAKOTA LOTTERY SAYS A $2 MILLION DOLLAR POWERBALL WINNING TICKET…
RIVERA SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDER OF MOLLIE TIBBETTS
THE MAN CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF COLLEGE STUDENT MOLLIE TIBBETTS WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON. 27-YEAR-OLD CRISTHIAN BAHENA RIVERA WAS SENTENCED BY JUDGE JOEL YATES…
VICTIM OF FATAL PICK-UP TRUCK ACCIDENT IDENTIFIED
SIOUX CITY POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE MAN WHO DIED WHEN HIS PICK-UP TRUCK PLUNGED INTO THE MISSOURI RIVER DURING HEAVY RAIN AROUND 10:30 SATURDAY NIGHT. 69-YEAR-OLD GERALD REED OF SMITHLAND,…