The Marion County Extension Office will be offering a Junior County Council event for those youngsters in grades four through six. Ashtin Wells is the Marion County Youth Coordinator.

Wells tells KNIA/KRLS News what the youth council is all about, “We already have a county council which is targeted more towards our ninth through twelfth grade kids. We are bringing back a junior county council option which allows those fourth through sixth graders to meet starting in February through county fair. They get to have more youth voice, they get to help plan events at the fair and gain an overall leadership skills that they can take back to their club.”

For more information on the Junior County Council and to get an application call 641-842-2014.