If you have lived in Jasper County for the last few years and have benefitted from any of the many service groups in town, odds are Dan Badger has helped you – and you might not even know it.

Badger is the Chairman of the Jasper County Agricultural Extension Council, which oversees the Jasper County ISU Extension and Outreach Office in Newton. He is in his second term as chair and has been a board member for four-year terms.

“We are pretty much the board of directors that oversees the services that are offered out of the Jasper County Agricultural Office located in the DMACC building,” Badger said of the work his group does. “We have staff that focuses on the 4-H program, the RSVP program, a child reform program, we also run programs for pesticide screening for farmers so they can keep their licenses and we offer many other classes that are beneficial for the county.”