Members of the 2025 4-H County Council include: Back row: Ashlee Bell (leader), Sawyer Gravert, Cody Powell, Addison Wehrman, Melissa Kordick (Leader); Middle Row: Forrest Bernet, Kamryn Keester, Alaina Lawlor, Arabella Miller, Chloe Rickertsen; Front Row: Keara Shaw, Gracyn Koehler, McKenna DeCap, Aaliyah Shimkus, Jordan Jones. Not Pictured: Owen Powell, Rachel Ehlers, Lisa Zelle (Leader), Kris Wehrman (Leader).
Bria Rehn, shown with her dog, Sunny, was class champion in junior handling and Intro Class A Obedience.
Corbin Fulkerson was reserve champion in intermediate handling. His dog is Bronco.
Danielle Bohling and Basil were Intro Class A reserve champions in Obedience.
Marissa Prantner, with Daisy, was class champion in intermediate agility and Novice A class obedience.
Victoria Prantner and Henry were class champions in Novice B agility and Beginner Novice A obedience.
State Fair - Communications: Front row (l-r) Luke Shelangoski, Chloe Rickertsen, Carver Rickertsen, Lilly Shelangoski, Shannon Shaw, Keara Shaw, Aurora Cheek; Back row (l-r) Katrina Vandewalle, Julia Phillips, Ellie Weyeneth, Logan Carney, Carl Kordick, Halle Hansen, Arabella Miller, Makayla Miller, Ian Stone, Aaliyah Shimkus
State Fair - Family & Consumer Science: Front row (l-r) Cael Moss, Carver Rickertsen, Chloe Rickertsen, Daniel Avise, Jackson Carter, Keara Shaw, George Golinghorst; Back row (l-r) Mason Carter, Rilynn Buesing, Alaina Lawlor, Sean Blake, Christian Keppy, Carl Kordick, Halle Hansen, Rachel Ehlers, Addison Golinghorst, Brylee Rathe
State Fair - Science, Mechanics & Agriculture: Hunter Bowman, Chloe Rickertsen, Cody Powell, Marshall Mess, Cael Mess, Mason Rathe, Shannon Shaw
State Fair - Personal Development: Chloe Rickertsen, Brooklynn Flenker, Rachel Ehlers, Brylee Rathe, Daniel Avise
State Fair - Creative Arts: Front row (l-r) Lilly Shelangoski, Victoria Prantner, Natalie Kulper, Keara Shaw, Shannon Shaw, Parker Engelbrecht, Aurora Cheek; Back row (l-r) Ariel Nikulski, Lexie Tooley, Rachel Ehlers, Katrina Vandewalle, Sawyer Gravert, Carl Kordick, Ian Stone, Addison Miller, Abigail Johnson
State Fair: Alaina Lawlor and Mason Peeters
Welding Champion: Brayden Voss
County Champions - Clothing: Chelsey Hershbarger, Anna Johnson, Nora Kostichek, James Grubb, Sadie Bassier
County Champions - Home Improvement: Zoey Schulz, Marissa Grunwald, Abigail Johnson, Annabelle Conger, Mallory Grunwald
Consumer Management & Child Development: London Schaefer and Arabella Miller
Photography: Chelsey Hershbarger
Creative Arts & Music: Daniel Avise, Victoria Prantner, Parker Engelbrecht
Animals, Ag & Natural Resources: Front row (l-r) Corbin Gravert, Logan Frazee, Laney Wegener, Graham Riley; Back row (l-r) Jeremiah Shimkus, Owen Powell, Sawyer Gravert, Gus Huesmann, Makayla Miller
Science, Mechanics & Technology: Levi Powell, Case Vandewalle, Jordan Werning
Personal Development: Front row (l-r) Sadie Bassier, Lilly Shelangoski, Kylie Reimers, Peyton Koehler, Allyson Kengott, Zoey Schulz, Laney Wegener; Back row (l-r) Dani Bohling, Anna Johnson, Abigail Johnson, Carver Rickertsen, Makayla Miller, Rachel Ehlers, Cali Carstens, London Schaefer, Rayna Schulz, Cora Golinghorst
Horticulture: Front row (l-r) Megan Musal, Jaxon Peeters, Mason Peeters, Chaz Claussen, Chloe Rickertsen; Back row (l-r) Andy Klindt, Reed Powell, Cael Mess, Addyson Wehrman, Alaina Lawlor, Blake Schroeder, Marissa Prantner, Addison Golinghorst
County Only: Front row (l-r) Makayla MIller, Peyton Koehler, Hudson Schmidt, Leiton Richman, Corbin Fulkerson; Back row (l-r) Rachel Ehlers, Tegan Buesing, Ellie Weyeneth, Natalie Schroeder, Alaina Lawlor, Blake Schroeder, Michael Shimkus Jr., Logan Carney
Meat Goat Showmanship: Brady Daufeldt, Jordan Jones, Liam Burmeister, Hunter Bowman, Haylee Mose
Sheep Showmanship: Andy Klindt, Aaliyah Shimkus, Blake Schroeder, Carver Rickertsen, Chaz Claussen, Jaxon Peeters
Makayla Miller and her champion and reserve champion Ayrshires. Also pictured is Iowa Dairy Princess Haley Ronnebaum of Earlville.
Mila Bergan and Logan Carney with the reserve champion and champion Jerseys.
Ian Rochholz with his champion and reserve champion Guernseys.
Kiele Eberling received the first-ever "Smile Like Zoey" Award in memory of Zoey Carney.
Landon Blake showed the champion intermediate dairy bucket calf.
Makayla Miller showed the reserve champion intermediate dairy bucket calf.
Ian Rochholz and Ambellina Kelly showed the reserve and champion 2nd year dairy bucket calves.
Ambellina Kelly and Makayla Miller
Tucker Cline and Ian Rochholz
Landon Blake with the breed reserve Holstein.
Sean Blake showed the supreme overall champion in the Dairy show, this 3-year-old or older Holstein.
Ian Rochholz showed the reserve overall grand champion in the Dairy Show.
Dairy Showmanship: Mila Bergan, Ambellina Kelly, Makayla Miller, Tucker Cline.
Landon Blake showed the champion second year bucket calf. Also pictured are Mississippi Valley Fair Queen Delaney Engler and Scott County Beef Queen Addyson Wehrman.
Owen Powell showed the champion cow-calf pairing. He also showed the champion Red Angus.
Andrew Klindt showed the champion Chianina. He also showed the champion Maine-Anjou.
Grant Hoffmann showed the reserve champion Chianina. He also showed the reserve champion Foundation Simmental.
Reed Powell showed the champion Hereford.
Levi Powell showed the champion Limousin.
Mason Peeters showed the reserve champion Limousin.
Andrew Klindt with the champion Maine-Anjou.
Olivia Hoffmann showed the reserve champion Maine-Anjou.
Owen Powell with the champion Red Angus.
Grant Hoffmann with the reserve champion Foundation Simmental.
Carver Rickertsen showed the champion commercial heifer.
Deacon Havill showed the reserve champion commercial heifer.
Carver Rickertsen with the reserve champion Simmental.
Megan Musal showed the Supreme Champion in the Breeding Beef show, this Simmental heifer. Also pictured are judge Nathaniel Gaul and Kael Chapman.
Kennedy Witt showed the Reserve Supreme Champion, an Angus heifer.
Kennedy Witt also showed the third overall heifer, a Foundation Simmental.
Ryder Wulf showed the fourth overall heifer, an Angus.
Clay Engler showed the fifth overall heifer, a Foundation Red Angus.
Taking Showmanship honors were Ryder Wulf, Clay Engler, Grant Hoffmann, Carver Rickertsen, Kennedy Witt and Megan Musal.
Kennedy Witt received the Blake Sievers Memorial Award at the Breeding Beef show.
Junior Showmanship: Luna Vandewalle, Sophia Matje
Senior Showmanship: Hailey Wipperfurth, Katrina Vandewalle
Poultry Showmanship: Mila Bergan, Corbin Fulkerson, Aaliyah Shimkus, Ava Mae Waldron, Mason Peeters, Logan Carney
Collin Lawlor showed the reserve champion 2nd year bucket calf.
Alaina Lawlor showed the champion 2nd year bucket calf.
Clay Engler showed the champion produce market steer. He also showed the champion Simmental.
Grant Hoffmann showed the reserve champion produce market steer.
Grant Wilson showed the reserve champion market heifer.
Nora Kostichek showed the champion market heifer. She also showed the reserve champion Hereford and Red Angus.
Brayden Voss showed the reserve champion Charolais.
Charlotte Flenker showed the champion Chianina.
Nora Kostichek with the reserve champion Hereford-Polled Hereford.
Mason Peeters showed the champion Limousin steer.
Owen Powell, pictured with Kennedy Witt, showed the reserve champion Limousin.
Lainey Wall showed the champion Red Angus steer.
Nora Kostichek with the reserve champion Red Angus.
Clay Engler with the champion Simmental.
Lane Wagemester with the reserve champion Simmental.
Cora Engler showed the champion lightweight crossbred steer.
William Brus showed the reserve champion lightweight crossbred steer.
Kain Wulf showed the reserve champion mediumweight crossbred steer.
Julia Phillips showed the champion heavyweight crossbred steer.
Megan Musal showed the overall reserve champion in the Market Beef show, a Maine-Anjou steer.
Hailey Wipperfurth showed this Charolais steer, which placed third overall.
Colton Davisson showed a Hereford-Polled Hereford steer that placed fourth overall.
Maverick Wulf showed a Maine-Anjou steer that placed fifth overall.
Charlotte Flenker, pictured with her family, showed the overall champion in the Market Beef show, this crossbred mediumweight steer.
Showmanship awards went to Charlotte Flenker, Clay Engler, Grant Hoffmann, Cora Engler, Grant Wilson and Megan Musal.
Lainey Wall received the Josh Arp Spirit Award at the Market Beef Show.
Chaz Claussen and Amari Johnson were reserve and champion in the Carcass Contest.
Amari Johnson was champion and reserve in the Rate of Gain contest.
Chaz Claussen showed the champion junior bucket calf.
George Golinghorst showed the reserve champion junior bucket calf.
Collin Lawlor, pictured with his sister Alaina, showed the champion intermediate bucket calf.
Nora Kostichek showed the reserve champion intermediate bucket calf.
$20 Challenge and Fashion Revue winners - Back: Ella Jacks, Julia Phillips, Carl Kordick, Keara Shaw, Chloe Rickertsen, Tessa Morgan, Mallory Grunwald, Makayla Miller; Front: Daniel Avise, Makinley Grunwald
Clothing Selection & Innovative Design winners - Back: Rayna Schulz, Shannon Shaw, Corbin Fulkerson, Keara Shaw, Aaliyah Shimkus, Paige McMann, Mallory Grunwald, Makayla Miller, Zoey Schulz; Front: Marissa Grunwald, Rachael, and Daniel Avise.
Rabbit Showmanship: Hunter Bowman, Aaliyah Shimkus, Adeline Ward, Marissa Prantner.
Apple Pie Contest winners: Front (l-r) Charlotte Flenker (2nd - Junior), Brock Flenker (1st - Junior), Garret Mathews (2nd - Intermediate); Back (l-r) Lawson Bell (3rd - Junior), Madeline Paustian (2nd - Senior), Emma Schneiderman ( 1st - Senior), Rachel Ehlers (3rd - Senior), Nora Kostichek (1st - Intermediate)
Swine Showmanship: Brock Flenker, Kaylee Mose, Tegan Buesing, Luke Vander Heiden, Lane Wagemester, Kain Wulf.
Kaylee Mose showed the reserve champion purebred breeding gilt.
Rilynn Buesing showed the reserve champion purebred market hog.
Rilynn Buesing showed the reserve market barrow, which was also reserve overall.
Ashley Mose showed the champion purebred breeding gilt, which stood third overall.
Tegan Buesing showed the champion market gilt and the third overall market hog.
Colton Buesing showed the Supreme Champion Breeding Gilt.
Kade Wagemester showed the Supreme Champion Market Hog.
Kade Wagemester showed the reserve champion market gilt.
Brooklynn Flenker showed the reserve champion breeding gilt.
Aaliyah Shimkus was named Best of Show and Champion Senior Showman in the Dairy Goat show.
Addyson Wehrman showed the Nigerian Dwarf Milker Champion and was Reserve Champion Senior Showman.
