District History

Celebrating 100 years of service! (2020 District Virtual Convention Video)

Click image below to download convention program & history pages from 100th Anniversary Year

A Tradition of Service – Message from Dave Christensen, Kiwanian with Fremont Kiwanis Club since 1956.

Past International Presidents from District

Raymond Crossman, Omaha

Kiwanis International President, 1930-31

Wes H Bartlett, Algona

Kiwanis International President, 1971-72

Steve Siemens, Des Moines

Kiwanis International President, 2005-06

Jane Erickson, Bellevue-Offutt

Kiwanis International Foundation (Childrens Fund) President 2007-08 and Kiwanis International President, 2016-17

Past District Governors

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Year	Governor	Home Club	Current Club
2023-24	Dale Doudna	Johnston	Johnston
2022-23	Lynda Henningsen	Omaha	Omaha
2021-22	Don Fritz	Lincoln SouthPointe	Lincoln SouthPointe
2020-21	Curt Reis	Storm Lake	Storm Lake
2019-20	Lenora Hanna	Lincoln Northeast	Lincoln Northeast
2018-19	Sue Waldren	Lincoln Northeast	Lincoln Northeast
2017-18	Jan Burch	Des Moines	West Des Moines
2016-17	Jim Dane	Iowa City Old Capitol	Iowa City Old Capitol
2015-16	Jody Melcher	Nevada	Nevada
2014-15	Steve McNally	Norfolk	Norfolk
2013-14	Andy Bradley	Omaha	Southwest Omaha
2012-13	Bob Mitchell	Des Moines	Ankeny
2011-12	Marvel Dunaway	Merle Hay	Southeast Polk
2010-11	Gus Dornbusch	Lincoln Sunrise	Lincoln Sunrise
2009-10	Ron Petsch	Seward Helping Hands	Seward Helping Hands
2008-09	Don Glenn	Bellevue	Bellevue
2007-08	Mark Holmer	Algona	Algona
2006-07	Dave Hessman	Spencer
2005-06	Ray Ward	Kearney	Kearney
2004-05	Bob Dunaway	Monroe
2003-04	Phil Rooney	Lincoln Capital City
2002-03	Kim Wermersen	Spirit Lake
2001-02	Jane Erickson	Bellevue-Offutt	Bellevue Offutt
2000-01	Sheldon Howerter	Harlan
1999-2000	Clark Marshall	Spencer Daybreaker	Omaha Golden K
1998-99	Clint McDonald	Hastings
1997-98	Jim Gaul	Sergeant Bluff
1996-97	Steve Siemens	Des Moines	Southeast Polk
1995-96	Gus Erickson	Bellevue-Offutt
1994-95	Tony Caponigro	Ankeny
1993-94	Glenn Tjaden	Webster City	Webster City
1992-93	Milford Hanna	Lincoln Northeast	Lincoln Northeast
1991-92	Robert Nedrow	Sac City
1990-91	Robert Hastings	Council Bluffs
1989-90	Lawrence Ziska, Jr.	North Omaha	Florence, Omaha
1988-89	James LaRue	Cedar Falls
1987-88	Roger Lawrence	Ames
1986-87	Les Meyers	Lincoln
1985-86	Louis Hansen	Spencer Daybreakers
1984-85	Robert Tollefson	Storm Lake
1983-84	Sheldon Barnett	North Omaha
1982-83	Robert Hegland	Council Bluffs
1981-82	Gerald Bloom	Logan
1980-81	Marvin Anderson	South Sioux City
1979-80	Wallace Loft	Marshalltown
1978-79	Richard Hogan	Council Bluffs
1978-79	Larry Vaughn	Lincoln Capital City
1976-77	Art Gratias	Nora Springs
1975-76	Walter Morrison	Denison
1974-75	G. Vincent Nelson	Lincoln
1973-74	Ralph Braught	Pella-Knoxville
1972-73	Carl Hayes	Marshalltown
1971-72	Ray Stevens	North Platte
1970-71	Ronald Hallock	West Des Moines
1969-70	Art Brownlee	Council Bluffs
1969	Edgar Knox	Wahoo
1968	Donald LaVelle	Eldora
1967	Russell Pearson	Onawa
1966	Edwin Rogers	Lincoln
1965	Herb Plambeck	Des Moines
1964	Kermit Buntrock	Storm Lake
1963	Stanley Michael	Omaha
1962	Howard Jackson	Mason City
1961	Wallace Cassell	Ames
1960	Asa A Wolfe	North Platte
1959	Donald G Isett	Cedar Rapids
1958	Lee Miller	Cherokee
1957	Harry Spencer	Lincoln
1956	Kermit Doolittle	Webster City
1955	W.G. “Bill” Miller	Polk City
1954	Vernon Rice	Grand Island
1953	Wes Bartlett	Algona
1952	H Pierce Witmer	Des Moines
1951	Don L Parker	Lincoln
1950	Ray L Short	Cedar Rapids
1949	Bernard Caine	Sioux City
1948	Emmet L Murphy	Omaha
1947	E L Allphin	Council Bluffs
1946	Earnest H Matthias	Marshalltown
1945	John G Hanson	Fremont
1944	Paul G James	Des Moines
1943	Wilbur S Aten/D Dewell	Holdrege
1942	Duane Dewell	Algona
1941	Ralph W Swanson	Omaha
1940	F W Tomasek	Grinnell
1939	W F Zimmerman	Fremont
1938	Wm C Jarnagin	Storm Lake
1937	Glenn Cavanaugh	Omaha
1936	John S Nollen	Grinnell
1935	Arthur J Denney	Fairbury
1934	Dr W E Walcott	Des Moines
1933	Hayden Abmanson	Omaha
1932	Clark Beems	Cedar Rapids
1931	Robert M Armstrong	Auburn
1930	Heman K Knudson	Mason City
1929	Earnest C Folsom	Lincoln
1928	Henry K Peterson	Council Bluffs
1927	Curry W Watson	Lincoln
1926	Sterling Alexander	Webster City
1925	John A Lawler	Hastings
1924	Dr Sidney E Smith	Lincoln
1923	Raymond M Crossman	Omaha
1922	Joe L Long	Des Moines
1921	A R Edmiston	Lincoln
1920	A R Edmiston	Lincoln

District Secretaries Through The Years

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2019-	Lisa Brichacek	Wahoo Area
2017-2019	Amber Patterson	Lincoln Northeast
2015-2017	Barb O’Donnell	Bellevue
2008-2015	Frank Murphy	Williamsburg
2004-2008	Ron Randall	Harlan
1997-2004	Bill Morrison	Omaha
1988-1997	Fred Bunce	Ames
1956-1988	Bynard S Smith	Spirit Lake
1954-1956	Arthur Steffey	Des Moines
1948-1954	Curry Watson	Lincoln
1936-1948	B L Holton	Waterloo (IA)
1933-1936	Lester Ladd	Omaha
1928-1933	Sam Dorsey	Des Moines
1924-1927	Sidney Taylor	Sioux City
1922-1924	Curry Watson	Lincoln
1921	Barton Green	Lincoln
1920	Lincoln Byrne	Omaha

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District Secretaries Through The Years