If improving your health and well-being is a goal, consider joining the fun and innovative Aging Mastery Program® (AMP)! AMP empowers participants to embrace their gift of longevity by spending more time each day doing things that are good for themselves and for others. The program encourages mastery – developing sustainable behaviors across many dimensions […]
Caring for someone with an injury or illness – such as dementia, cancer, heart disease, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, or others – can be physically, emotionally, and financially demanding. Taking care of yourself is important! Join us on Wednesdays at 10:00am from September 15 through October 20, 2021 for FREE virtual classes that will show you […]
The Extension Iowa County office offers FREE pressure canning testing for dial gauge canners. To learn more about the types of canners, click here. Call 608-930-9850 or email ruth.schriefer@wisc.edu to schedule your appointment! We also have the following publications available, with instructions and research-based recipes to safely preserve your harvest: Canning Vegetables Safely (B1159) Canning Salsa Safely […]
The new issue of the 4-H newsletter has a lot of information for our members. View newsletter PDF
Influenza (flu) is a contagious disease that can be serious. Every year, millions of people get sick, hundreds of thousands are hospitalized, and thousands to tens of thousands of people die from flu. CDC urges you to take the following actions to protect yourself and others from the flu. Get yourself and your family vaccinated! […]
Family Adventures run from OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 1, 2020 4-H Families who participate will have their family name put into a drawing for 4-H bling! For every site you visit, send your scavenger answers to sarah.weier@wisc.edu who will put your name into the drawing. Want extra chances? Take a selfie and upload to comments […]
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has changed the world we live in dramatically. Earlier this year, Safer-at-Home orders forced most of us to think differently, act differently, learn differently, conduct our daily lives differently, and work differently. One resource/service that has been in the spotlight as many have been mostly confined to our homes, is broadband internet access. […]
Our Iowa County Extension educator Ruth Schriefer shares information regarding aging. Thanks Ruth! VIDEO: I’m positive! I’m aging! For more videos, visit us on Facebook at @HDRInstitute
“Quaranteam”? “Double bubble”? These terms are showing up more and more in the media as individuals and families make decisions about when they will start to see other people again. In other families, questions are coming up about when and how it will be safe to get much needed support, like childcare or respite care. […]
Cooperative Extension, a division of the University of Wisconsin- Extension, connects people to the resources of the University of Wisconsin through offices in each of our state’s 72 counties. Horticulture is defined as the art and science of growing plants- flowers, fruits, vegetables, trees and more! Research shows an intimate connection between people and plants. […]
