Iowa clearly needs more investment in our most precious commodity, which is our children. Access to childcare needs to be affordable, high-quality, and spread out across the state so that all ...

One of the frustrations of being a former newspaper editor is no longer having a few dozen reporters to pursue answers to questions going unasked and unanswered each day.

Telemarketing calls can be deterred by registering a phone number on the National Do Not Call Registry. The National Do Not Call Registry was created by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in ...

An ATV driven by Justin Archer, (16) received functional damage on July 26, in an accident on Highway 63 North at the Fox River Bridge construction site.

In May of this year, my wife and I drove our middle child to the military processing center in Des Moines. He signed on for six years of active duty ...

The Iowa Association of School Boards and Davis County Community School District urge Iowans passionate about education to consider running in the November 4, 2025, school board election.

A massive two-day auction at The Hitching Post west of Bloomfield drew thousands of people to Davis County July 25 and 26 to ...

Madi Bridgman, 17, of rural Drakesville, will compete in Des Moines for a chance to be crowned Iowa State Fair Queen after ...

Marilyn Rippy, a 1995 graduate of Davis County High School, has successfully defended her capstone project and earned her ...

Jeani Leyda has painted china for 53 years and is still going strong —despite a move from her former Gingerbread House on ...

Beginning with today’s issue, the Bloomfield Democrat will be running a series of columns on the political issues of the day featuring a balance of opinions from both major political ...

The filing period for school board and city elections will be open from August 25 through Sept. 18 with the election scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.