“I’ve been pulling garden tractors for three years,” said Dodge County Fair exhibitor and Beaver Dam FFA member, Reese Schuett, Beaver Dam, Wis. “When I was little, I went pulling with my Dad and his buddies, and then I started doing it.” Motivation is an attribute [...]
“It was a school project,” said Ryan Clark, 17, Mayville, Wis. “I wanted to use the SOLIDWORKS program at school, and I wanted to get more experience with the CNC plasma table, as well. So, I came up with the idea of making a decoration for [...]
“My grandpa has taught and guided me in archery since my early days,” said McKayla Conley, age 17, Neosho, Wis., “I received my first bow when I was 10 or 11. It was just a standard Genesis. I used that for two or three years and [...]
“My older brother started my family showing goats at the Dodge County Fair,” said Emily Batterman, Mayville, Lomira Clover Leaves 4-H Club. “I’m the youngest sibling to show them; I began when I was about nine or 10.” Emily shows miniature silky fainting goats. “My family [...]
“I like Legos, because they’re simple, but there’s no ceiling to where you can go with them,” said Owen Hemling, Leipsic 4-H Club, Beaver Dam, Wis. “There’s a lot of artistic room for creativity and engineering.” Hemling won first place and a merit award on his [...]
“As a child, I was building with wood as soon as I could swing a hammer, whether it was kits I received for Christmas or projects around the farm,” said Colten Schultz, Columbus, Wis., youth exhibitor at the 2023 Dodge County Fair from the Cornerstone of [...]
“He used to take his Hot Wheels apart, sand them down, and redesign them,” said Becky Hoefs, Horicon, Wis. “That’s how it all got started.” Andy Hoefs is Becky’s youngest son; he is a member of the Hyland Prairie 4-H Club and consistently has a “work [...]
The Dodge County 4-H and FFA Meat-Animal-Sale Committee is once, again, raising funds for youth involved in the large-animal project at the Dodge County Fair, Beaver Dam, Wis. The committee is looking to establish a scholarship program that benefits graduating 4-H and FFA youth pursuing careers [...]
2022 DODGE COUNTY FAIR: SPECIAL MERIT LIST DEPT 1 - DAIRY Champion Sr. Female: Registered. Holstein Tianda Hildebrandt...........................................................................................................................Hustisford FFA Grade Holstein Elleana Stangler..............................................................................................................Dodge County Jr Holsteins Jersey Leah Smith ............................................................................................................................. Lebanon Luckies 4-H Reserve Champion Sr. Female: Reg. Holstein Elizabeth Gunst ...................................................................................................................... Herman Hornets 4-H Grade [...]
Beef - Market Beef Carcass - Beef Breed Mkt Carcass 1st - Gavin Lewke, Hyland Prairie 1st - Alex J Lewke, Cornerstone of Elba 1st - Caleb J Wiechmann, Tri-County Twisters 1st - Elijah B Zick, Lomira Clover Leaves 2nd - Oscar Stowell, Achievers 2nd - [...]
