North Iowa Area Community College invites the public to attend its Agricultural and Industrial Open House on Monday, March 22, in the Buettner Careers Building and Murphy Manufacturing Technology Center on the NIACC campus from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Pursuant to an Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) ruling on November 2009, all contractors who work on property built before 1978 must now become certified as a Lead Safe Renovator (LSR).  To provide assistance for area contractors who will need to comply with this ruling, North Iowa Area Community College will offer both the 8-hour LSR initial training and certification course along with the 4-hour LSR refresher course.

The Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Development (IA WIND) has awarded North Iowa Area Community College a grant in the amount of $54,995 for the College’s IA Wind project.  IA WIND was impressed with the proposal and looks forward to the educational benefit it will have on wind energy education in the State of Iowa.

North Iowa Area Community College will host a Gardening Seminar on Thursday, March 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.  The event will offer participants an opportunity to learn from educators and local gardening specialists as well as get an early start on the gardening season in North Iowa.

North Iowa Area Community College Agriculture students will sponsor the annual “Pigs In The Purple Sales” in two different formats for 2010.  Both sales will be held at the NIACC Farm Lab.