County News

Experience Science!

Come along as Chickasaw County 4-H experiences science like never before! Feel the thunder of hoofs while bison run across the prairie. Smell the sweetness of a towering Ponderosa Pine and see wonder in the world’s longest cave!

We will be camping in National, State and Private campgrounds through-out the week. Through this type of travel Youth will be exposed to many areas of science while being active and gaining both team and individual responsibility skills.

Through research, presentations and small group committees, these 4-H’ers will learn leadership skills to become stronger citizens and effective communicators to help them throughout their future.

School teachers, youth organization leaders, informal education professionals, county and regional extension programs, and other organizations delivering STEM educational programs can apply to bring one or more of the nine specially selected programs into a club or classroom during 2013-14.

Several NE Iowa farms will be hosting Cover Crop Field Day tours to showcase the success local farmers have had using cover crops in our region.  Each cover crop field day will include discussions and presentations including area-specific topics such as: no-tillage/strip-tillage systems, rotational grazing or grazing cover crops for livestock feed, soil and nutrient management benefits of cover crops and spring management for cover crops.

Non-Medical Form

Families with low to moderate earned income can save by having their taxes prepared by certified, volunteer tax preparers. This free service is provided in Waukon, Postville, Cresco, and Decorah. .

Dead spots in the lawn, shrubs to prune, insects on garden vegetables, unidentified blooming flowers – these are all things that prompt Iowans to call their local Iowa State University Extension and Outreach office for consumer horticulture questions.

Learn about a national Extension website that brings quality, research-based information to families at the time it can be most useful and make the biggest difference in their lives.