Nancy Kieffer, Dana Olson and committee members made the following statement after the “How It Works” event held on Preston Days Weekend.
“The 2025 How it Works event was such an incredible success, and we want to give the biggest thank you to everyone who brought equipment”!
* MedForce Aeromedical Transport: Medical Helicopter
* Kunau Implement: Tractor & Baler
* Plastics Unlimited: Fork Truck
* Brandenburg Drainage, Inc.: Backhoe
* Community Ambulance Service: Ambulance
* Kilburg Equipment: Garbage Trucks
* Preston Telephone Company One: Splicer Truck & Boom Truck
* Behn Stump Grinding: Stump Grinder
* Preston Fire Department: Fire Truck
* City of Preston, Iowa: Street Cleaner
* Preston Police Dept.: Police Car
* Adam & Amy Roling & Family: Tractor
* K&K Green Acres Lawn Care: Lawn Mower & Sprayer
* Jerry Jochum: MS8A1 Willis Jeep
* Iowa Corn: Biofuels Mobile Education Center
* Parker Olson: Snow Mobile
* Easton Valley CSD: School Bus
* Scott & Dana Olson: Race Car
* Payton Olson: Sports Bike
* Miles Volunteer Fire Department: Fire Truck
* Preston Ready Mix: Cement Truck
* Kunde Excavating, Kunde Trucking LLC & Coo-Kees: Semi with Trailer
Jackson thought that the front seat of the squad car was cool- especial with all the computerized equipment on board.
Visitors learned about clean fuels when they visited the biodiversity truck.
The street and part of the entrance to the Westside Walking Path Entrance were line with several types of vehicles and pieces of equipment. A helicopter flew in for the event and landed on the outfield grass of the Westside Park Softball Diamond.
The participants were able to run the garbage truck on display (Kilburg’s Equipment). They ran the levers to lift the garbage can up and dump it in the truck and then return it to the original spot on the curb.
She thinks she can take the stock car across the sidewalk in a race!
Construction jobs are for anyone with drive, ambition and the skills.
Feeling the need for speed, he wondered if he could take the stock-car out on a test drive!
Lining up a shot while exploring the army jeep.
