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To Your Health Newsletter
(Posted on 4/29/2008)
The "To Your Health" newsletter is a monthly newsletter written and prepared by Denise Wyland, Nutrition and Health Field Specialist.

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Family Ties Newsletter
(Posted on 4/28/2008)
Keep in touch with your family - read the Family Ties Newsletter. This newsletter is prepared by the Northwest Iowa's Area Extension Family Field Specialists. This newsletter contains a variety of helpful tips for you and your family as far as finances, your children and health and fitness. Make sure you check this newsletter out.

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Attend a Workshop to Learn More About Emerald Ash Borer
(Posted on 4/23/2008)
You have heard of Emerald Ash Borer but still don't know what it is? Attend one of the upcoming workshops to learn more about it and how to identify it.

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Osceola County 4-H Newsletter
(Posted on 4/22/2008)
Tossed your 4-H newsletter already? Need to double check a date? Check it out on the web!

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Smart Uses For Your Tax Refund
(Posted on 1/14/2008)
A tax refund is always a welcome bonus. Whether it's $300 or $3,000, the way you use that money can have a real impact on your personal and financial well-being.

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AnswerLine Fields 'Need To Know Now' Questions
(Posted on 4/12/2007)
Consumers can get answers to home and family questions that they "need to know now."

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.

Staff

Jan Burke-Family Resource Management Field Specialist
Phone: (712) 262-2264
Fax: (712) 262-8481
Email: jburke@iastate.edu

Rhonda Rosenboom-Family Life Field Specialist
Phone: (712) 957-5045
Fax: (712) 957-5065
Email: rrosenb@iastate.edu

Resources from ISU Extension