March 19, 2024

State Fair winners

• Pat and Ed Schnieder of Mingo placed fourth in 50-58 3/8 & 1/4 Blood Combing- Natural division of the Wool Show.

• Doug Durant of Baxter placed fifth, eighth and ninth in 50-58 3/8 & 1/4 Blood Combing- Natural division of the Wool Show.

• Kendra Pierbe of Baxter placed seventh in 50-58 3/8 & 1/4 Blood Combing- Natural division of the Wool Show.

• MHW Farms of Colfax took Champion Ram honors and second place in the Premier Exhibitor contest; first place for yearling ram; first place for fall ram lamb; third place for shorn yearling ewe; second place for pair of yearling ewes; fourth place for January ewe lamb; fifth place for March and after ewe lamb; sixth place for pair of ewe lambs; third place for pair of lambs; third place for young flock; and second place for flock in the Dorset Sheep Show.

• Leah Petesch of Prairie City was named Best in Show for the Doberman Pinscher shown during the Dog Show.

• Dennis Terlouw of Newton received first place in the zucchini division of the Vegetable Crops contest.

• Jacob Van Manen of Kellogg won fifth place in the jumbo tomato division; fourth place in the potato division; and third place in the zucchini division in Vegetable Crops.

• Lois Aldridge of Kellogg placed fourth in the kohlrabi division of the Vegetable Crops.

• Jase D. Aldridge of Kellogg placed first in the Barnevelder Pullet competition; first in the Bantam Call Gray Old Drake; first in the Bantam Call Gray Old Duck; first in the Bantam Call White Old Duck; first in All Other Varieties Mediterranean Pullet; second in the Bantam Call White Old Drake; first, second and third in the Bantam Call White Young Duck; second in the New Hampshire Pullet; third in the Rhode Island Red Single Comb Pullet; third and fourth in the Orpingtons Buff Hen; and sixth in the Plymouth Rock Barred Pullet in the Poultry Show.