DECORAH -- Luther College has announced the students named to its fall 2025 dean's list.
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- PAT KINNEY For The Courier
WATERLOO — The cute little kid who charmed customers at his folks’ New Hampton restaurants grew up to swing a pretty mean golf club.
And in golf parlance, Aden Zwanziger thinks he’s “holed an ace” coming to the Cedar Valley and PDCM Insurance – where, perhaps not coincidentally, he has restaurants among his commercial clients.
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- JEFF REINITZ
WATERLOO — When she was in sixth grade, Maggie Watkins wrote about how she wanted to grow up to be an architect and design houses on the moon.
Today, Watkins, 36, has fulfilled her dream, working as an architect with Invision Architecture.
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- PAT KINNEY For The Courier
GRUNDY CENTER — Amanda Steege saw the importance of her current vocation during her grandmother’s final hours.
She died in a setting she knew, with medical staff she knew and family around her.
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- PAT KINNEY For The Courier
WATERLOO — Hector Salamanca Arroyo was a year and half old when his family left Puebla, Mexico, for Iowa.
He grew up in Des Moines and attended Dowling Catholic High School, Des Moines Area Community College and graduated from Drake University. He worked in the sheriff’s department of the county and city of Denver, Colorado, the largest sheriff’s department in the state.
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- JEFF REINITZ
WATERLOO — Jillian Rutledge's thirst for knowledge has led her to a life of helping others.
"I have a lot of varied interests and consider myself to be a lifelong learner, so I think that's where libraries came in. It gave me the opportunity to learn a lot about a lot of different things," said Rutledge, 39, the assistant director at the Waterloo Public Library.
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- HOLLY HUDSON HILL
CEDAR FALLS — When meeting Lauren Riensche, one realizes she is passionate about, well, just about everything.
She is passionate about the family farm she grew up on in Jesup that goes back six generations.
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- JEFF REINITZ
PARKERSBURG — A class she took in hopes of helping her mother with gardening led to Samantha Price's career helping others enjoy the outdoors.
Price was in high school when she signed up for horticultural lessons.
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- MARIA KUIPER
WATERLOO — Joana Lwin is only 26 years old but has been doing things like paying bills and setting up medical appointments since the fifth grade.
She became her family’s interpreter after immigrating from Thailand in 2009.
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- HOLLY HUDSON HILL
CEDAR FALLS — Patrick Luensmann walks into the coffee shop sporting tennis shoes, jeans and a sweatshirt with JPEC on it.
"John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center," he explains. "It has nothing to do with pizza."
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- HOLLY HUDSON HILL
CEDAR FALLS — Tori Lockard sits at the conference room table surrounded by large photographs of multi-million dollar development projects in which she has had a hand.
At 32, she is president and a broker at Lockard Realty Inc. and a member of the latest generation in a family business her paternal grandfather, Wendell Lockard, started in concrete and construction.
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- JEFF REINITZ
WATERLOO — Emily Lamar’s experiences growing up have shaped her career in working to make the world a better place.
“I’ve always had a passion for helping immigrants and families and youth. Being adopted, I’m so grateful for every opportunity that I have been given, and I feel a responsibility for being a good steward,” said Lamar, who was adopted out of South Korea at 11 months old and grew up in Waterloo.
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- MARIA KUIPER
HUDSON — Jason Klein is a problem solver.
Whether it’s for commercial loans and customers at Farmers State Bank or for women experiencing homelessness and unemployment, he is there to crunch numbers.
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- META HEMENWAY-FORBES For The Courier
WATERLOO — When 28-year-old Desirae Holmes learned she had been named to The Courier’s 2025 20 Under 40 list, her first reaction was disbelief.
“I was kind of in shock,” Holmes said, “but also incredibly humbled and honored. It was really affirming that I am making a difference in the things I’m doing. It means a lot to be recognized by the community.”
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- MARIA KUIPER
CEDAR FALLS — Kathryn Gilbery works to fill unused plots of land with gardens, while also making sure the food insecure have grocery bags filled with healthy produce.
Gilbery, 32, dedicates her life to ensuring everyone has the opportunity to access nutritious and affordable fruits and vegetables.
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- JEFF REINITZ
LA PORTE CITY — Wayne Gaston has expanded a long-time electrical company while giving youths a window to a career in the trades.
“Wayne’s leadership is quiet, yet profound. He builds up the people around him, encourages the next generation of tradespeople and sets a powerful example of integrity, generosity and hard work. He is not only a successful entrepreneur, but a genuinely kind, humble and impactful force in his community,” said Jasmine Gaston, his wife and partner in Henninger Electric.
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- MARIA KUIPER
CEDAR FALLS — Hannah Crisman is a huge dork.
Or so she says, as the Cedar Falls City Council member gushed over the process of running a city.
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- MARIA KUIPER
GILBERTVILLE — Isaiah Corbin is often behind the scenes working to enhance the community.
Now, his community is recognizing him with The Courier’s 20 Under 40 award.
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- HOLLY HUDSON HILL
CEDAR FALLS — If the University of Northern Iowa had a Welcome Wagon, it would be Shelly Christensen.
As the university’s assistant director of campus visits, Christensen, 36, oversees all tours of the school.
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- META HEMENWAY-FORBES For The Courier
CEDAR FALLS — It’s been a big year for Asa Badaczewska. She welcomed her first child, a son, Barrett. Her husband, U.S. Army soldier Logen Winters, deployed to the Middle East in May, when Barrett was just 3 months old.
“It’s a sacrifice, but I’m very proud of him for serving our country with honor and courage,” said Badaczewska, 29.
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- DOUGLAS HINES
On Thursday night, folks from The Courier gathered with more than 200 of our closest friends at the Diamond Event Center in Cedar Falls to honor the 2025 class of 20 Under 40 Award winners.
The 22nd annual banquet, put on with the help of presenting sponsors Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa and Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley, was inspirational, as it is every year.
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Read all the stories on The Courier's 2025 class of 20 Under 40 honorees
Read the full collection of stories about the 2025 class of The Courier's 20 Under 40 honorees.
- PAT KINNEY For The Courier
WATERLOO — The cute little kid who charmed customers at his folks’ New Hampton restaurants grew up to swing a pretty mean golf club.
And in golf parlance, Aden Zwanziger thinks he’s “holed an ace” coming to the Cedar Valley and PDCM Insurance – where, perhaps not coincidentally, he has restaurants among his commercial clients.
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- JEFF REINITZ
WATERLOO — When she was in sixth grade, Maggie Watkins wrote about how she wanted to grow up to be an architect and design houses on the moon.
Today, Watkins, 36, has fulfilled her dream, working as an architect with Invision Architecture.
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- PAT KINNEY For The Courier
GRUNDY CENTER — Amanda Steege saw the importance of her current vocation during her grandmother’s final hours.
She died in a setting she knew, with medical staff she knew and family around her.
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- PAT KINNEY For The Courier
WATERLOO — Hector Salamanca Arroyo was a year and half old when his family left Puebla, Mexico, for Iowa.
He grew up in Des Moines and attended Dowling Catholic High School, Des Moines Area Community College and graduated from Drake University. He worked in the sheriff’s department of the county and city of Denver, Colorado, the largest sheriff’s department in the state.
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- JEFF REINITZ
WATERLOO — Jillian Rutledge's thirst for knowledge has led her to a life of helping others.
"I have a lot of varied interests and consider myself to be a lifelong learner, so I think that's where libraries came in. It gave me the opportunity to learn a lot about a lot of different things," said Rutledge, 39, the assistant director at the Waterloo Public Library.
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- HOLLY HUDSON HILL
CEDAR FALLS — When meeting Lauren Riensche, one realizes she is passionate about, well, just about everything.
She is passionate about the family farm she grew up on in Jesup that goes back six generations.
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- JEFF REINITZ
PARKERSBURG — A class she took in hopes of helping her mother with gardening led to Samantha Price's career helping others enjoy the outdoors.
Price was in high school when she signed up for horticultural lessons.
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- MARIA KUIPER
WATERLOO — Joana Lwin is only 26 years old but has been doing things like paying bills and setting up medical appointments since the fifth grade.
She became her family’s interpreter after immigrating from Thailand in 2009.
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- HOLLY HUDSON HILL
CEDAR FALLS — Patrick Luensmann walks into the coffee shop sporting tennis shoes, jeans and a sweatshirt with JPEC on it.
"John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center," he explains. "It has nothing to do with pizza."
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- HOLLY HUDSON HILL
CEDAR FALLS — Tori Lockard sits at the conference room table surrounded by large photographs of multi-million dollar development projects in which she has had a hand.
At 32, she is president and a broker at Lockard Realty Inc. and a member of the latest generation in a family business her paternal grandfather, Wendell Lockard, started in concrete and construction.
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- JEFF REINITZ
WATERLOO — Emily Lamar’s experiences growing up have shaped her career in working to make the world a better place.
“I’ve always had a passion for helping immigrants and families and youth. Being adopted, I’m so grateful for every opportunity that I have been given, and I feel a responsibility for being a good steward,” said Lamar, who was adopted out of South Korea at 11 months old and grew up in Waterloo.
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- MARIA KUIPER
HUDSON — Jason Klein is a problem solver.
Whether it’s for commercial loans and customers at Farmers State Bank or for women experiencing homelessness and unemployment, he is there to crunch numbers.
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- META HEMENWAY-FORBES For The Courier
WATERLOO — When 28-year-old Desirae Holmes learned she had been named to The Courier’s 2025 20 Under 40 list, her first reaction was disbelief.
“I was kind of in shock,” Holmes said, “but also incredibly humbled and honored. It was really affirming that I am making a difference in the things I’m doing. It means a lot to be recognized by the community.”
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- MARIA KUIPER
CEDAR FALLS — Kathryn Gilbery works to fill unused plots of land with gardens, while also making sure the food insecure have grocery bags filled with healthy produce.
Gilbery, 32, dedicates her life to ensuring everyone has the opportunity to access nutritious and affordable fruits and vegetables.
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- JEFF REINITZ
LA PORTE CITY — Wayne Gaston has expanded a long-time electrical company while giving youths a window to a career in the trades.
“Wayne’s leadership is quiet, yet profound. He builds up the people around him, encourages the next generation of tradespeople and sets a powerful example of integrity, generosity and hard work. He is not only a successful entrepreneur, but a genuinely kind, humble and impactful force in his community,” said Jasmine Gaston, his wife and partner in Henninger Electric.
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- MARIA KUIPER
CEDAR FALLS — Hannah Crisman is a huge dork.
Or so she says, as the Cedar Falls City Council member gushed over the process of running a city.
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- MARIA KUIPER
GILBERTVILLE — Isaiah Corbin is often behind the scenes working to enhance the community.
Now, his community is recognizing him with The Courier’s 20 Under 40 award.
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- HOLLY HUDSON HILL
CEDAR FALLS — If the University of Northern Iowa had a Welcome Wagon, it would be Shelly Christensen.
As the university’s assistant director of campus visits, Christensen, 36, oversees all tours of the school.
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- META HEMENWAY-FORBES For The Courier
CEDAR FALLS — It’s been a big year for Asa Badaczewska. She welcomed her first child, a son, Barrett. Her husband, U.S. Army soldier Logen Winters, deployed to the Middle East in May, when Barrett was just 3 months old.
“It’s a sacrifice, but I’m very proud of him for serving our country with honor and courage,” said Badaczewska, 29.
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- DOUGLAS HINES
On Thursday night, folks from The Courier gathered with more than 200 of our closest friends at the Diamond Event Center in Cedar Falls to honor the 2025 class of 20 Under 40 Award winners.
The 22nd annual banquet, put on with the help of presenting sponsors Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa and Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley, was inspirational, as it is every year.
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