“I like watching my kids work together,” said Kate Wiechmann, Waterloo, Wis., mother of Gracie, Faith, Caleb, and Levi. All four kids exhibit at the Dodge County Fair, Beaver Dam, in the youth beef show with the Tri-County Twisters 4-H Club. “When Caleb and Faith were [...]
“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 [...]
The Dodge County Fair Association is on the lookout for vibrant and driven individuals, aged 18 as of January 1, 2025, to step into the spotlight as contenders for the esteemed title of the 2024 Dodge County Fairest of the Fair. This prestigious role offers not [...]
An event for youth in 7th to 12th grade with intellectual disabilities like autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or other sensory-processing disorder. A pig show for youth with disabilities, at the Dodge County Fair swine and sheep barn arena on Sunday of the Fair at 10:30 AM.
“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 [...]
