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Raising Healthy Kids - Enjoying Family Meals
(Posted on 5/5/2008)
It is a know fact that overweight amongst American youth has become an epidemic.

Helping Children Leave The Nest
(Posted on 4/15/2008)
Each year thousands of children leave home and some for the very first time.

Skies Still Can Be Friendly If Plan Ahead for Air Travel
(Posted on 4/10/2008)
It is still possible to fly the ‘friendly’ skies with a little advance planning.

Asian Lady Beetle

Ladybugs Everywhere!
(Posted on 9/20/2007)
They seem to be everywhere in the fall, red ladybugs clinging to every outdoor surface and finding their way into your home. What are they and what can you do about them?

10 Tips for Growing Healthier, Happier Teens
(Posted on 4/7/2006)
For many parents, nothing strikes more fear in their hearts than the three little words: the teen years.

News from Iowa State University Extension

Care for Yourself/WISEWOMAN Helps Reduce Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
(Posted on 4/30/2008)
Care for Yourself/WISEWOMANThe community-based intervention program empowers low-income, primarily rural women to make lifestyle changes to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease.
Have Trailer, Will Demonstrate Universal Design
(Posted on 4/30/2008)
trailer with portable display showing universal designGive ISU Extension specialist Mary Yearns a trailer and she’ll figure out a way to demonstrate how universal design makes a home more useful and accessible.
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.
ISU Extension Book Receives Arbor Day Foundation Award
(Posted on 4/21/2008)
The Forest Where Ashley Lives“The Forest Where Ashley Lives,” a children’s book published by Iowa State University Extension, has received an Education Award from this nonprofit education and conservation organization.

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Erin Ludwig-Family Resource Management Field Specialist
Phone: 563-382-2949
Fax: 563-382-2940
Email: eludwig@iastate.edu

Mary Schrandt-Prouty-Northeast Iowa Area Director
Phone: 319-433-1286
Fax: 319-234-5581
Email: mprouty@iastate.edu

Donna Andrusyk-Family Life Field Specialist
Phone: 319-882-4275
Fax: 319-882-4292
Email: andrusyk@iastate.edu

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