Bloomfield Democrat

1 week ago | bdemo.com | Kathie Obradovich

The late newspaper columnist Bill Wundram of the Quad-City Times in Davenport wrote seven days a week for 31 years. Many of his columns, highlighting a wide variety of concerns in his home community, included the refrain, “Is anybody there? Does anybody care?”That plaintive question came to mind Tuesday as I listened to Iowa senators debate what is likely to be the lone bill this year addressing nursing home regulation. Actually, “debate” is the wrong word. What happened was a refusal to debate.

2 weeks ago | bdemo.com | Scott Spurgeon

The Mustang boys’ track team opened the 2025 outdoor season with a meet at Van Buren on April 3. Davis County ran well and scored several placings in the meet. Team scores were not compiled from the meet, so team placings were not made available. Blaine Meyer showed his early season speed for the Mustangs in the individual events. He won both the 100 meters and the 200 meters. In the 100 meters, he paced the field of runners with a time of 10.95 seconds. Caidin Fine also ran for Davis County.

2 weeks ago | bdemo.com | Scott Spurgeon

The Iowa High School Athletic Association Monday released the football schedules that will be used for the 2025-2026 football seasons. Davis County is in Class 2A District 7 during this next two-year cycle. The Mustangs will begin the 2025 season on Aug. 29 with a game against Pekin. That will be a home game. They will follow with a game at Chariton on Sept. 5 and then a game at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont on Sept. 12. Class 2A District 7 play will begin on Sept. 19 with a home game against Centerville.

2 weeks ago | bdemo.com | Scott Spurgeon

The Mustang boys’ tennis team won’t be able to win any team meets this season, but will play singles matches. The team has just three players in Gavin Klaus, Cole Davis and Jeff Erp. The boys also don’t have a coach for the 2025 season, so they are practicing with the girls’ team every day. The boys took on Keokuk on April 1 to begin their season. Klaus took on Tyce Hoppe in singles and played a strong match. Klaus scored several points and won several games.

2 weeks ago | bdemo.com | Karen Spurgeon

The Bloomfield City Council scheduled four public hearings last week at its April 3 meeting. Three of those hearings are set for the April 17 council meeting beginning at 6 p.m. at the Bloomfield Public Library. A fourth hearing is set for May 1. The first hearing is on the rezoning of parcel #01003700 from Residential (R-1) to Commercial (C-1) for a new dental office. That particular parcel is located at 305 W. Grant, across the street to the east from the USDA building.