Davis County News

Caidin Fine, 15 months, meets one of the performers at the Muttville Comix Comedy Dog Show.

Sunday, July 05, 2009 at 8:59 p.m. BLOOMFIELD, IOWA -- Rodeo performancesA started at the Davis County FairgroundsA on Thursday evening.

The Davis County Fair Board has declared the fair theme as "This One's for Ewe," and they're not sheepish about it, either.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 7:19 p.m. A massive two and a half month investigation into illegal drug distribution in Davis County results in numerous arrests.

Several Iowa hospitals, including one at the center of a controversy involving the shooting death of a Parkersburg coach, have been accused in recent years of discharging psychiatric patients before they were stabilized.

The plan to build a new high school in Davis County took another step forward this week, and that worries at least one taxpayer.

Wapello County Sheriff's Deputies are seeking the owner of several items they believe are stolen.

Davis County Engineer Dave Grove said people got a bit concerned when online tracking of stimulus money showed no spending in Davis County.

A man is challenging plans to replace an old high school in Bloomfield in southern Iowa.

The same storm that hit Bloomfield Sunday night, causing damage to many buildings and homes, also hit nearby farms in Davis County.

Clean up continues in Bloomfield after a hail storm hit the city on Sunday night.

Jared Moss was one of the most thankful people in Bloomfield on Monday morning. His house, like many others in town, took damage from a severe storm that swept through at 10 p.m. Sunday.

A hail storm roared through Bloomfield, Iowa Sunday night. On Monday,A county officials, city leaders and residents could be found scattered across town cleaning up the mess Mother Nature left behind.

A fugitive southern Iowa couple is apprehended in Wisconsin. An anonymous tip led Janesville Wisconsin police to arrest William Purcell and Lavonne Purcell of Bloomfield.

Prospects for a new high school in Bloomfield got a big boost on Tuesday. Numerous area contractors were on hand at the Davis County District Office as bids on the eight million dollar construction portion of the project were opened.

Authorities in Davis County say a fire this week led to the discovery of some 1,200 marijuana plants growing in a home north of Bloomfield.

A house fire turns up a major pot growing operation. The Davis County Sheriff says someone called 911 on Thursday morning and reported a house fire on Mulberry Trail about seven miles north of Bloomfield.

Barker Company has awarded $27,000 in scholarships to students who are children and/or grandchildren of Barker employees.

The Davis County School Board continued to discuss the proposed plans for a new high school at this week's meeting.

Household hazardous materials could soon be out of your space and stored in a special place where trained professionals will take it away.