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O’Brien County Extension – Serving our Youth
(Posted on 9/25/2007)
Can't make it to the Extension Office, check out the forms now available online.

007 "License to Succeed" join 4-H today!
(Posted on 2/27/2006)
O'Brien County 4-H leaders attend meeting to learn tips on how to jazz up their meetings and much more.......

CYPHERnet offers children, youth and family resources
(Posted on 3/1/2005)
If you're a professional serving children, youth and families or a parent with your own children, you know that finding reliable, high quality, research-based information on the Web can be a major challenge. That's where CYFERnet can help you.

News from Iowa State University Extension

Care for Yourself/WISEWOMAN Helps Reduce Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
(Posted on 4/30/2008)

The 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 design

Give 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,” a children’s book published by Iowa State University Extension, has received an Education Award from this nonprofit education and conservation organization.