A Washington County 4-H first will take place at this year’s Iowa State Fair. For the first time, a Washington County 4-H’er will be showing a steer in the Iowa Governor’s Charity Steer Show. Washington Go-Getter and county council member Tanner Knupp and his steer Toby will be in the show on Saturday, August 9th. His celebrity showmen will be Mike Pearson and Betsy Pearson, who show in memory of their father Mark Pearson. All of the proceeds from this show go to the Ronald McDonald Houses across the state.

Knupp is a 2014 graduate of Washington High School and will attend Iowa State University this fall; he is the son of Zeus and Jackie Knupp of Washington.