Community Economic Development Information

Local News

Van Laar Receives ISU Extension R.K. Bliss Award
(Posted on 10/12/2007)
The Decatur County Extension Education Director was recipient of the R.K. Bliss Extension Citation awarded at the ISU Fall Convocation.

Decatur County Celebrates ISU Sesquicentennial
(Posted on 5/28/2007)
Decatur County ISU Extension celebrated ISU Sesquicentennial with a service project at Slip Bluff Park.

News from Iowa State University Extension

ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of May 12
(Posted on 5/12/2008)
Listen to interviews about corn planting progress, high grain costs and livestock producers, Iowa’s racial and ethnic makeup, and more.

ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of May 5
(Posted on 5/8/2008)
Listen to interviews about patience during planting season, La niña and corn and soybean yield, farm sector prosperity and the rural economy, and more.

Iowans Worry Their Paychecks Won’t Cover Basic Costs in 2008
(Posted on 4/23/2008)
A new survey shows nearly one-third of Iowans worry family income won't meet expenses. Horizons communities are a step ahead. They have ISU Extension-trained leaders working on poverty and economic decline.

Events

Communities

05/22/2008 Program Builder Presentation

More Communities events

View the complete ISU Extension events Calendar

Staff

Steve Adams-Communities Field Specialist
Phone: (712)763-5521
Fax:
Email: stadams@iastate.edu

Lynn Adams-Communities Field Specialist
Phone: (712)623-5521
Fax:
Email: adamsml@iastate.edu

Jack Van Laar-County Extension Education Director
Phone: (641)446-4723
Fax: (641)446-6142
Email: jvanlaar@iastate.edu

Decatur County Extension