Community Economic Development Information

Local News

Operation ReLeaf Director Amy Oliver

Lee County Hosts Operation ReLeaf
(Posted on 4/28/2008)
Alliant Energy's Operation ReLeaf brings low cost trees to Iowa residents to promote energy conservation and community reforestation.

Free Credit Reports Available
(Posted on 4/6/2005)
Your credit report is one of your most important financial documents. It contains information on where you live, how you pay your bills, and whether you have been sued or filed for bankruptcy. Nationwide consumer reporting companies sell the information in your report to creditors, insurers, employers, and other businesses that use it to evaluate your applications for credit, insurance, employment, or renting a home. Do you know what is on your credit report? Beginning March 1, 2005, you can check yours for free.

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.

Staff

Himar Hernandez-Communities Field Specialist
Phone: 641-682-5491
Fax: 641-682-5148
Email: himarh@iastate.edu

Robert Dodds-County Extension Education Director
Phone: 319-835-5116
Fax: 319-835-3307
Email: redodds@iastate.edu

Resources from ISU Extension