• Mindy Paulson of Colfax received first place for chocolate crackles drop cookies in the Midwest Living Cookies competition
• Phyllis Olson of Newton placed second with her bar, frosted or unfrosted, in the Cake Mix Fix-up Cookies division; second place for Scandinavian cookies in the Midwest Living Cookies competition; third place for hamburger buns in the King Arthur Flour Yeast Roll competition; second place for bread machine bread, second place for brown bread, first place for cinnamon bread, third place for herb bread, second place for oatmeal bread and third place for sesame cheddar bread in the King Arthur Flour Bread competition; third place overall in the Barilla Pasta and Sauce competition.
• Iow-Shire Farm of Newton placed 10th with a spring heifer calf; 11th and 12th in winter heifer calf; 14th, 15th and 16th in fall heifer calf; 10th and 12th in spring yearling heifer; ninth in fall yearling heifer; and 14th in junior two-year-old cow in the Ayrshire Dairy Cattle show.
• Kathleenn Parker placed second, fourth and eighth in summer yearling heifer in the Guernsey Dairy Cattle show.
• Kristal Beyer of Sully placed fourth with her combination first quilt in the quilting division of the Fabric and Threads contest.
• Jimmy Lee Christenson of Newton placed fifth in ages 50 and over in the Fiddlers’ Contest.
• Dustin Ohmstede of Newton placed second in men’s right flyweight; second in men’s left flyweight in the Monster Arm Wrestling Tournament.
• Kelsey Reed of Mingo placed first in women’s right flyweight in the Monster Arm Wrestling Tournament.