Decorah now has more company in the group of "Blue Zones Communities" in Iowa.
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Healthways on Wednesday added Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Marion, Muscatine, Oskaloosa and Sioux City as Blue Zones Project™ demonstration sites in Iowa. That makes a total of 19 communities in the Blue Zones Project™
Decorah was one of nine communities with populations under 10,000 which were named demonstration sites in October of last year.