Southwind Extension District 4-H members from Woodson and Allen counties took third place at the Kansas State Fair Crops and Weed ID contest Saturday in Hutchinson. Individually, Carly Kramer placed eighth, Camryn Wille placed 15th,…

Jensyn Matlock, 3½, of Chanute, occupies her time Friday evening by covering herself with dried kernels at a “cornbox” at the Allen County Fairgrounds. The 130th annual fair wrapped up Sunday evening. Mylee Miller, foreground,…

Aspen Wimsett was the big winner of the Allen County Fair Fashion Revue on Tuesday evening at Iola High School.  Wimsett won champion intermediate girls’ buymanship and champion intermediate clothing construction, a clothing skills award…

Southwind District 4-H’ers won the Intermediate Kansas 4-H Meat Judging Contest held at Weber Hall on the campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan. The intermediate participants were Hailey Shadden, Kendyl Bloesser, MaKinlee Bloesser, Marley…

4-H members from the Southwind Extension District excelled at the annual Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes event on August 20-21 in Kansas State University’s Weber Hall. Participants from the Southwind Extension District were Leah Mueller, Emery…

Four Southwind 4-H members were named Kansas Key Award recipients at Wednesday’s 4-H Achievement Night activities at Iola High School. Recipients are Gracie Yoho, Abby Rinehart and Jenni Armstrong. Also honored, but unable to attend…

The Southwind District held the 4-H Favorite Food Show June 5 at the Moran United Methodist Church.  This event is a great way to learn the life-skills of menu planning and setting a table. To…

In the beef project, youth will learn all aspects of the beef industry by raising a market steer or building your own herd by raising heifers and cows. There is 4-H Curriculum that can be…

Kansas wildlife is a large part of our state ranging from buffalo to birds to fish to deer and more.  In this project students will learn about wildlife behavior, habitat requirements, how wildlife species fit…

In this time of pandemic, many families are trying to find something to do as a family or specifically for their children.  I would like to encourage your family to consider being a part of…