Business & Consumer Affairs Iowa towns that are thriving, bucking trend of rural decline A handful of small Iowa towns with 5,000 or fewer people and not part of a larger metro area bucked the trend in the 2020 census and grew their By Lyle Muller and Pat Kinney/IowaWatch / 26 Aug 2021
Business & Consumer Affairs Political divisions mingle with Bloomfield’s push for vitality BLOOMFIELD, Iowa – A lot of people were paying attention to Bloomfield, in southern Iowa, a few years ago. “Bloomfield sets sustainable design example for Iowa,” a Jan. 1, 2016, Des By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch / 26 Aug 2021