The Iowa Small Town Poll has tracked a sharp decline in membership in local service clubs. David Peters, a rural sociologist with Iowa State University Extension,… Read More
The population trends report has been published as part of the Rural Iowa at a Glance series. Publication summarizes current demographic and population trends for… Read More
Read about Pomeroy, Iowa and Byron’s Bar in the Wall Street Journal. Pomeroy has participated in the ISTP since 1994. Read the article HERE!… Read More
Dr. Peters presented to 150 members of the South Dakota Farm Bureau at their annual convention on Saturday, November 23, 2024 in Rapid City. He… Read More
New paper accepted for publication on rural legal deserts! “Understanding Rural Legal Deserts to Inform Public Policy: Identifying and Describing Lawyer Gaps in Non-Metropolitan Counties”,… Read More
Dr. David Peters, along with undergraduate research assistants Emma Bartling and Emily Meyer, presented rural populations trends to the 12 Midwest state directors of the… Read More
The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded the Iowa Small Towns Project at Iowa State $645,000 to understand rural quality of life in Iowa. The project… Read More
