Community Economic Development Information

Local News

Pavers for Progress
(Posted on 5/5/2008)
Please help the Sac County 4-H Endowment Committee expand the 4-H Heritage Walk.

Horizons

Horizons Program in Sac City
(Posted on 3/12/2008)
Sac City Actively Involved in Horizons Program

150th

ISU Extension Sac County Celebrates 150th
(Posted on 3/2/2008)
ISU Extension in Sac County commemorated ISU’s 150th birthday.

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Sac County Barn Quilts
(Posted on 2/25/2008)
Sac County Covered with Barn Quilts

Sac County

Sac County Rated 7th of Best Places to Live in Rural America
(Posted on 2/2/2007)
Sac County made Progressive Farmer's Top Ten List of the Best Places in Rural America!

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.

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Staff

Tom Duncan-County Extension Education Director
Phone: (712) 662-7131
Fax: (712) 662-7133
Email: duncan@iastate.edu

Merle Pochop-Business & Industry (CIRAS) Field Specialist
Phone: (712) 274-0048
Fax: (712) 274-7323
Email: pochop@iastate.edu

Julie Hlas-External Relations Specialist
Phone: (712) 274-0048
Fax: (712) 274-7323
Email: hlas@iastate.edu

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