Editing Perry, Iowa (section)

==History==
Perry was laid out as a town in 1869, named for "one of the owners of the road at that time. Col. Perry, of [[Keokuk, Iowa|Keokuk]]".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_k1E0AQAAMAAJ |title=The History of Dallas County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c |publisher=Higginson Book Company |year=1879 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_k1E0AQAAMAAJ/page/n460 457-66]|location= via [[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> The original town site was bounded by Estella Street on the south, 8th Street on the east, 3rd Street on the west, and Dewey Avenue on the north.

On January 4, 2024, a [[Perry High School shooting|school shooting]] occurred at [[Perry Community School District|Perry High School]] leaving an 11-year-old boy in sixth grade dead and seven other people injured. The 17-year-old male shooter was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound shortly after the shooting.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wowt.com/2024/01/05/perry-school-shooting-update-iowa-officials-release-name-slain-student/ |title=Perry school shooting update: Iowa officials release name of slain student |last=Dvorak |first=Gina |agency=[[WOWT]] |date=January 5, 2024 |access-date=January 7, 2024 |archive-date=January 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107214746/https://www.wowt.com/2024/01/05/perry-school-shooting-update-iowa-officials-release-name-slain-student/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sixth grade student killed in Perry school shooting; five other victims shot |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2024/01/04/police-at-perry-high-school-in-iowa-amid-reports-of-school-shooting/72105587007/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=The Des Moines Register |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last1=Osborne |first1=Mark |title=At least 1 dead in shooting at Iowa high school; scene now 'secured': Officials |date=January 4, 2024 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-reported-perry-high-school-iowa/story?id=106099810 |access-date=January 4, 2024 |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |last2=Margolin |first2=Josh |archive-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104145353/https://abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-reported-perry-high-school-iowa/story?id=106099810 |url-status=live }}</ref> The high school principal Dan Marburger, wounded critically after having spoken to the shooter trying to gain time for escaping students, died of his gun shot wounds, state governor [[Kim Reynolds]] announced on January 14. The governor praised his courage and ordered all flags in Iowa to be flown at half-staff from January 14 until sunset on the day of his funeral and interment.<ref>Somasundaram, Praveena, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/01/14/perry-high-principal-shooting-death/ "Iowa high school principal who tried to distract shooter dies, governor says"], ''Washington Post'', January 14, 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-14.</ref>