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School cancelled as another snow storm hits DC

Snow Monday morning forced the Davis County Community School District to first delay classes and then to cancel them.

The City of Bloomfield has put its snow ordinance into effect through Tuesday.

The winter storm warning is in effect until 6 p.m. Tuesday with 7-10 inches of snow expected during the storm.

After a cold front passes Tuesday winds are expected to cause blowing snow problems . Northwest winds of 15 to 25 miles per hour are expected Tuesday, with gusts up to 30 miles per hour.
Posted on 08 Feb 2010 by Bdemo

Miller is headed for Solon

Davis County Schools’ Superintendent Sam Miller resigned last week effective June 30.

He has accepted a superintendent’s position at the Solon Community School District.

“It has been a wonderful journey working with the Davis County school team the past 11 years,” said Miller in a prepared statement.

The Davis County Community School Board has begun a statewide search for Miller’s replacement.
Posted on 08 Feb 2010 by Bdemo

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School Menus Feb. 9--Breakfast: Grilled cheese. Lunch: Pizzatas, lettuce salad with light dressing, pineapple and Mandarin oranges, brownie.

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Bloomfield Senior Citizens Center activities for Feb. 9--Ham and beans, tomato spoon salad, cornbread muffin, mixed fruit, orange juice. Activities: Wii games, 9-11:30 a.m. Peek-a-boo poker at 12:45 p.m.
Posted on 08 Feb 2010 by Bdemo

School district seeks public input

The Davis County Community School District announced that it is reaching out for the public’s input on ways the district can balance the school’s budget.

The district has posted a link on the front page of its website at http://www.dcmustangs.com to allow the public to submit ideas for way to cut costs. The link will open the user’s email and bring up an email message window already set up with the email address and subject line. All the public needs to do is type their response and send the email message.

Posted on 02 Feb 2010 by Bdemo

McClure returns to school after heart transplant

Davis County High School junior Myles McClure returned to classes at the Davis County High School last week. McClure has been out of school since September when he had a heart transplant at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

McClure’s heart was damaged back in the late 1990s after enduring several rounds of chemotherapy to fight cancer.

A story about McClure’s struggles with heart problems and the transplant appears in Wednesday’s Bloomfield Democrat

Other top stories:

*The teachers union at the Davis County Community School District presented a contract proposal asking for a salary increase.

*Davis County’s jobless rate still leads Iowa despite dropping to 9.6 percent.

*The Bloomfield City Council learned water and sewer rates need to increase.

*In sports, read about the Mustang boys’ basketball team’s big win over Chariton last Friday night. 

Posted on 03 Feb 2010 by Bdemo

 

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Back-to-back wins for DC

The Lady Mustang basketball team held on for 48-47 win over Clarke last Friday night. They followed that up with a 53-48 win over Moravia Saturday night marking the first time this season the team has put back-to-back wins together.

Davis County's game Monday night with Cardinal has been canceled and will not be rescheduled.
Posted on 08 Feb 2010 by Bdemo

Mustangs clinch conference title

The Mustang basketball team secured its third straight South Central Conference title last Friday night with a 71-33 win over Clarke.

The Mustangs locked up sole possession of the conference championship with one game left to play when Eddyville-Blakesburg beat Albia Friday night 67-57.

In Saturday action, Davis County beat Moravia, 85-44. 
Posted on 08 Feb 2010 by Bdemo

Three advance to District

Willy Bremer, Zach Fligg and Dylan Nelson all earned berths in the Class 2A District Wrestling Tournament.

All three finished with second place finishes in the Saturday’s Class 2A Sectional Tournament in Albia.

Bremer, Fligg and Nelson advance to the Class 2A District Tournament, which will be held in Chariton on Feb. 13. 
Posted on 08 Feb 2010 by Bdemo

Lukens to join Wesleyan staff

The Davis County Community School District is in search of a new football coach following an announcement last week by David Lukens that he has accepted a position as an assistant coach at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant.

Lukens leaves Davis County to become the defensive coordinator at Iowa Wesleyan College under head coach and Bloomfield native Kent Anderson. 
Posted on 08 Feb 2010 by Bdemo
 


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Mayor Chris Miller has announced that Bloomfield s Snow Ordinance will be in effect for 48 hours (until Wednesday morning).
Posted on 19 Jan 2010 by Bdemo