Perry Police Report December 7

To view a log of the calls for service, click here. A 2014 Nissan Sentra, registered to and driven by Kayla Kristine Holland of 201 N.E. Hayes Dr., Ankeny, collided with a 2013 Toyota Corolla, registered to and driven by Mario Rene Morales of 311 10th St., Perry. No injuries were reported. Damage was estimated at $2,000. Morales was issued a citation for failure to yield left turn.

A Grand Junction man was arrested Sunday after allegedly shooting his girlfriend in the head. Adam Eugene Coy, 31, of 1002 Main St. E., Grand Junction, was charged with attempted murder, willful injury causing serious injury and first-offense domestic abuse assault with intent to inflict serious injury. The incident began...

To view a log of the calls for service, click here. April Cruz, 47, of 955 Spruce St., Waukee, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of OWI. Richard Moore III, 21, of 1316 Locust St., West Des Moines, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of probation violation.

A Perry man was arrested Saturday after allegedly seriously injuring a Perry woman and scaring her four children. Jeffrey Wayne Hobbs, 35, of 2801 First Ave., Perry, was charged with willful injury causing serious injury, domestic abuse assault-impeding blood/air flow, first-degree harassment, four counts of child endangerment, false imprisonment and obstruction of emergency communications.

Kay Herron, 84, of Linden passed away Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, at her home near Linden, Iowa. Visitation will be Friday, Feb. 10 from 1-7 p.m.. with family present from 5-7 p.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home and Cremation Care in Perry. A private family graveside service will be held at the West Linn Cemetery near Linden.

The Perry Rotary Club named John and Linda Andorf as the joint recipients of its Civil Servant of the Year Award for 2022 at a ceremony Monday night at the Perry City Council meeting. The Andorfs have served the community in numerous roles. John Andorf is the mayor of Perry....

Steven Bailey, 58, of Perry passed away Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, at his home in Perry, Iowa. Visitation will be Saturday, Feb. 11 from 1-4 p.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home and Cremation Care in Perry. Steven James Bailey was born Jan. 28, 1965, in Perry, Iowa, to Fred...

Perry Public Library Director Mary Murphy took a few minutes at Monday night’s meeting of the Perry City Council to present two of the library’s most recent valuable accessions when she introduced the new adult services librarian, Mindy May Farmer, and youth services librarian, Laura Pieper. Farmer is...

Josh Wuebker of Perry was the lucky winner Saturday of the 2023 BRR Ride bike raffle, sponsored by the St. Patrick Catholic Church Knights of Columbus St. Jude Council 1243. “This beauty will get a lot of use,” Wuebker said, “but probably not until May.”

The Panther girls played Des Moines Christian on Friday night and were unable to come out with the win. Jaidyn Sellers and Tyme Boettcher led with 7 points each. Zoey Hambleton and Morgan Crees each had 5 points, and Mia Waddle scored 1 point. “The girls played hard,” said Coach...

Monday night brought the last regular season game for the Panthers, and they had the opportunity to play at Wells Fargo Arena as part of the Iowa Wolves High School Hoops. The Panthers came out on top over the Ogden Bulldogs 49-16. Tyme Boettcher led Panther scoring with 14 points, with Jaidyn Sellers adding 12, Zoey Hambleton 8, Mia Waddle and Morgan Crees 4 points each and Arilyan Steenblock with 3.