The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP) protects the integrity of the USDA organic label and supports fair competition by overseeing the organic market and taking enforcement actions (called adverse actions) when violations are found.

The NOP is changing how we post enforcement actions. The new approach expands the types of notices we post and makes postings more frequent. 

Marketplace Home Mortgage enters its next state with ambitious expansion plans.

DUBUQUE, IOWA (June 13, 2017) – A leading provider in home mortgage services is tapping a 15-year veteran of the Dubuque area market, as part of its expansion into the state of Iowa, the company announced today.

Use recycled materials to help pollinators by making bee houses you can place in your back yard! Learn how to turn tin cans into nests where Mason bees (which are important pollinators) can lay their eggs. Join us at Fairmount (3000 Fairmount) on Monday July 3 at 1:00pm for this program for grade school children.

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Each year in the United States, as many as 400 deaths are attributed to excessive natural heat. Many of the deaths are preventable.

Genesis Medical Center emergency physician David Dierks, D.O., offers these tips to avoid being a victim of the heat: