With Iowa’s 2025 state legislative session just days away, talk of cutting property taxes is all the rage. Republicans who run state government say it’s time to rein in property taxes, and this year ...

Iowa’s cancer scientists are sounding an apolitical alarm — something extraordinary has been going on here for about 30 years. The concerns unite liberals and conservatives. The Iowa Cancer Registry ...

Reading about the recent round of layoffs at John Deere’s Ottumwa plant got me thinking about the future of farming and the critical role of farm policy. Nearly 2,000 Iowa ...

As Iowa farmers age, succession planning has become increasingly critical. In 2022, Iowa State University reported that two-thirds of Iowa farmland is owned by individuals aged 65 or older. Without ...

January is National Radon Action Month (NRAM). Over the last few years, CDC has chosen the last week of January to observe Radon Awareness Week. This event highlights the dangers of radon, the second ...

President Joe Biden has expanded Social Security benefits for more than 2 million Americans by signing broadly bipartisan legislation that Congress approved late last year.

The Davis County Board of Supervisors Meeting held on Jan. 13 brought clarification about the wages and benefits owed not only to the previous sheriff, Dave Davis, but also to ...

Farmland values in Iowa remain stable according to the latest Benchmark Farm Value Trends Report issued by Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica). While sales activity has slowed, cropland is ...

The printing date of the Davis County Business Guide published by the Bloomfield Democrat is drawing near. To be included in this multi-page, slick paper, 8.5” X 11” directory that will be distributed ...

Buena Vista University recognized Sara Glosser of Drakesville and Madison Hardman of Eldon to the fall 2024 Dean’s List. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to ...

Come and join us at the Senior center for a good, hot meal Monday through Thursday at 11:30 a.m. Please call Paula Dearborn at the Senior Center, 641-664-1167 one day ...

I watched two of my kids graduate from an eleven-week confirmation class at church. I’m not going to lie; I was an extremely proud Dad.