Six local participants received top honors in the “Best of the Best” show. Grand champions from the Keokuk and Iowa County fairs competed in regional competition at the “Best of the Best” show last Saturday in Marengo.

Participating counties included Keokuk, Iowa, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn, Poweshiek, Scott & Tama counties. 

Winners for Iowa County included Easton Mohr, Grand Champion in market beef; Brystol Brunton, grand champion in market meat goat, as well as showman in market hog and breeding doe; Dane Fraker, reserve champion in breeding heifer; and Cohen Roberts, showman in market lamb. Clayton Gorsch also represented Iowa County.

Winners for Keokuk County included Colt Reed, reserve champion in breeding gilt, and Izzy Heisdorffer, reserve champion in breeding ewe. Also competing for Keokuk County were Addy Tremmel, Madison Fry, and Lane Cason.

Grand champions from Saturday’s show move on to the All-Iowa Showdown, taking place August 9th in Oskaloosa.