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Delaware Investments Municipal Income Funds Announce Dividends PHILADELPHIA, March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Six Delaware Investments Municipal Income Funds, all closed-end management investment companies, today declare income dividends. Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc., Delaware Investments Colorado Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc., Delaware Investments Florida Insured Municipal Income Fund, Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund, Inc., Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. and Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund III, Inc. declare their regular monthly dividends.(1) The investment objective of each Fund is to provide current income exempt from federal income tax and from the personal income tax of its state, if any, consistent with the preservation of capital. In addition, the Funds utilize leveraging techniques in an attempt to obtain a higher return for the Funds. The dividend distributions are as follows: FUND Declaration Ex-Date Record Date Date Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (AMEX:VAZ)(2) 03/1/2005 03/09/2005 03/11/2005 Delaware Investments Colorado Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (AMEX:VCF)(3) 03/1/2005 03/09/2005 03/11/2005 Delaware Investments Florida Insured Municipal Income Fund (AMEX:VFL)(4) 03/1/2005 03/09/2005 03/11/2005 Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (AMEX:VMN)(5) 03/1/2005 03/09/2005 03/11/2005 Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. (AMEX:VMM)(5) 03/1/2005 03/09/2005 03/11/2005 Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund III, Inc. (AMEX:VYM)(5) 03/1/2005 03/09/2005 03/11/2005 FUND Payable Dividend SEC Date per Share Yield(6) Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (AMEX:VAZ)(2) 03/25/2005 $0.080000 5.03% Delaware Investments Colorado Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (AMEX:VCF)(3) 03/25/2005 $0.080000 4.30% Delaware Investments Florida Insured Municipal Income Fund (AMEX:VFL)(4) 03/25/2005 $0.085000 4.17% Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (AMEX:VMN)(5) 03/25/2005 $0.07000 4.67% Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. (AMEX:VMM)(5) 03/25/2005 $0.087500 4.88% Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund III, Inc. (AMEX:VYM)(5) 03/25/2005 $0.080000 4.57% ( 1 ) The dividends are exempt from Federal income tax. ( 2 ) The dividend is exempt from Arizona state personal income tax. ( 3 ) The dividend is exempt from Colorado state personal income tax. ( 4 ) The dividend is exempt from the Florida intangible personal property tax. ( 5 ) The dividend is exempt from Minnesota state personal income tax. ( 6 ) Each Fund's SEC 30-day yield is for the month of February 2005 and is based on the market value of each Fund's shares on 02/28/05. Delaware Investments is a diversified asset management organization. Providing investment products and services to financial intermediaries and their clients and to institutional investors such as private and public pension funds, foundations, endowment funds, banks and insurance companies, Delaware Investments has approximately $100 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2004. Delaware Investments is the marketing name for Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries. DATASOURCE: Delaware Investments CONTACT: Christina Ward, Corporate Communications of Delaware Investments, +1-215-255-1388, or Priscilla Brown, Investor Relations of Lincoln Financial Group, +1-215-448-1422 Web site: http://www.delawareinvestments.com/

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