The Nebraska State Fair was held in Grand Island Aug. 28 - Sept. 7, with a Midway, vendors, concerts and entertainment, a 300-drone and fireworks light show, and daily agricultural and 4-H/FFA events. For local 4-H members, the state fair is an opportunity to showcase their talents and hard work on the state’s biggest stage.

Several members of the South Loup 4-H Club had entries in the state fair and represented their club, as well as the communities of Callaway and Arnold, very well. South Loup 4-H state fair results are as follows.

Sterling Campbell: Design Decision, accessory-recycled/upcycled item for the home - Purple; Quilt Quest, barn quilt larger than 4x4 - Red; Visual Art Mediums, original acrylic painting - Red Addison Dalrymple: Angus Breeding Beef, yearling heifers calved Jan./Feb.

2025 - Purple; Senior Beef Showmanship - Purple Kowen Dalrymple: Angus Breeding Beef, yearling heifers calved Jan./Feb. 2025 - Blue; Junior Beef Showmanship - Blue Breckn Doggett: Breeding Meat Goat, commercial goat kids - Blue; Market Meat Goat, market withers Blue; Goat Showmanship, market withers - Blue Olivia Doggett: Market Meat Goat, market withers - Blue; Meat Goat Intermediate Showmanship, Purple; Market Meat Goat, market does - Blue Kennedy Eggleston: Fashion Show, shopping in style - Purple; Abstract Photography display or print - Red; Candid Photography, display or print - Purple, Special Award Recognition; Design Decison, accessory outdoor living - Blue; Human Development, health and physical development - Blue; Knitting, arm or finger item - Purple; STEAM Clothing, beyond the needle - Purple; Shopping in Style, best buy for your buck - Purple; Cooking 401, candy - Blue; Food Preservation, dried herbs - Purple, Special Award Recognition; Food Preservation, pressure canning - Purple Rae Hagler: Photography, creative composition display or print - Red Lauren Reiff: Photography, candid photography display or print - Purple; Design Decision, accessory outdoor living - Blue; Cooking 201, healthy baked product - Purple Ashlyn Schauda: Photography, expression through color design or print - Blue; Floriculture, fairy or miniature garden - Purple; Rockets - Purple, Special Award Recognition Madeline Smith: Senior Rabbit Showmanship - Blue; Floriculture, Dahlia - Purple Emma Stallbaumer: Chianina Breeding Beef - Purple; Senior Beef Showmanship - Purple Addison Stump: Cooking Basics, recipe file - Blue; Market Beef, registered steers-Maintetainer - Blue; Senior Beef Showmanship - Blue Abigail Stutzman: Dog Agility - Red; Dog Obedience Red; Senior Dog Showmanship - Purple Alexsis Stutzman: Dog Agility - Blue; Dog Obedience - Purple, Champion Novice B; Senior Dog Showmanship - Blue; Photography, black and white print - Red Adalei Tullis: Visual Art Mediums, original charcoal drawing - Blue; Visual Art Mediums, original sculpture - Blue; Visual Art Mediums, original watercolor painting - Purple Kirby Viter: Hereford/Polled Hereford Breeding Beef - Blue Rickey Viter: Angus Breeding Beef, yearling heifer Blue Delanie Weinman: Cooking 301, dinner rolls - Purple; Food Preservation, boiling canning, jelly - Purple; Food Preservation, boiling canning, pickle - Purple Kaygan Witthuhn: Market Beef, Hereford steer Purple, Third Place; Senior Beef Showmanship - Blue; Breeding Meat Goat, commercial doe kids, Blue; Market Meat Goat - Blue