ISU Marshall County Extension and 4-H

06/13/2026

What better way to learn about sun 🔆 protection than with some ~mystery📿 beads~ (they change colors 🌈 with UV light)
Stephanie did a great job 😄with the Y's Summer Day Camp youth!

06/12/2026

🌞Summer is officially in full blast here at the Marshall Co Extension office!
Our first STEM 🤖 camp at Rogers Elementary was a hit, we are so excited for the rest of the summer 🙌

06/12/2026

Fair Entry deadline is CLOSING IN! ⚠️ ALL Fair Entries are due Monday, June 15th. This marks 4 days to enter your classes for fairs! 😱

This means livestock, too!

If you have questions let us know. We have a LOT of entries yet to be put in. Please don't wait until Monday!

06/11/2026

Our phone and internet are back up and going finally 🙌🏻

06/11/2026

Our office will be open at 9:30am. We will be keeping an eye on afternoon storms as the day goes on.

If you have Fair Entry questions and cannot get a hold of the office today please email Chelsea at [email protected].

Or general office email is [email protected]

**Edit we have no internet or phone currently we will monitor email on our phone the best we can**

Thank you!

06/11/2026

Due to the weather and traveling staff our office will have a delayed opening.

We will post when our office has opened. Stay safe!

06/09/2026

As you prepare for county fair projects 🗒️head over to our fair tab and scroll down to 2026 Fair Information. All the links you could need are here including goal sheets which is located under General Static Exhibit Helpful Links

Let us know if you cannot find what you need!
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/marshall/central-iowa-fair

06/08/2026

FAIR ENTRY REMINDER

Fair Entry has now been open for { O N E } Week! There are 7 days left to enter projects into Fair Entry for your 4-H members.

This included:

🐑Livestock you identified in 4honline before May 15th
🖌Static Projects your youth have been or are continuing to work on

❔❓If you have questions about projects or want to make sure your projects are entered correctly you can call the office!

06/05/2026

FUN NEWS FRIDAY‼
😎Summer Field Day at Armstrong Research and Demonstration Farm
"AMES, Iowa – Crop farmers and agronomists looking for the latest in herbicide and crop production are invited to join the Summer Field Day at the Armstrong Research and Demonstration Farm on June 25."
Click the link below to read all about it ⬇

AMES, Iowa – Crop farmers and agronomists looking for the latest in herbicide and crop production are invited to join the Summer Field Day at the Armstrong Research and Demonstration Farm on June 25.Hosted by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, the educational field day offers an opportu...

06/05/2026

Fair Entry: 🐕🐱 PETS 🐓🐇
Pet show🎦 will be on July 10th, at 5:00PM, be sure to get all pets entered for in fairentry.com, by June 15❗
For the pet costume parade 🙌 on July 10th, at 4:30PM you can bring any animal identified in 4-H Online! Have them ready in their Christmas costume🎄. Please be there 30 minutes before, ready to show off your pet in their fun costumes! 😄