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• Win $10,000 for your community with Set the Pace challenge

  Could your community use a new park, playground or trail to promote physical activity?

• Odebolt restores community pool with 'Set the Pace' challenge grant

  Odebolt won the 2019 Set the Pace challenge and a $10,000 award from Wellmark.

• Knoxville's Healthy Hometown success story

  Knoxville earned a 2019 Healthy Hometown Powered by Wellmark Community Award.

• Mason City's Healthy Hometown success story — continued!

  Mason City is the first two-time winner of the Healthy Hometown Community Award. Learn more about how the community is helping its residents eat well, move more and feel better.

• Algona's Healthy Hometown success story

  Algona is committed to making positive changes to improve the health and well-being of its residents.

• Win $10,000 for your community with Set the Pace Challenge

  Could your community use a new park, playground or trail to promote physical activity?

• Lohrville completes trail with Set the Pace challenge grant

  Lohrville had the highest percentage of its residents participating in Grand Blue Mile, measured by the number of registrants for a given ZIP code against the community's total population.

• Jamie Pollard's advice for healthy living after surviving a heart attack

  In March 2015, a heart attack nearly took Jamie Pollard's life. It was a wake-up call that forced the Iowa State athletic director to stop and check his priorities.

• Mason City's Healthy Hometown success story

  Mason City received a 2018 Healthy Hometown Community Award during the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative awards ceremony in February. Here's how they did it.

• Sioux City's Healthy Hometown success story

  Sioux City received a 2018 Healthy Hometown Community Award during the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative awards ceremony in February. Here's how they did it.

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