When the showing sawdust settled in Black Hawk East’s Ag Arena Wednesday night, Brenna Dryer’s 295-pound belted crossbred barrow was declared “King Hog” and grand champion at the 2025 Hog Capital Barrow Show. The event kicks off the annual Hog Days Festival which takes place this weekend in Kewanee. Ten-year-old Dryer, from Carlock, Ill., near… Continue reading Crowning of King Hog kicks off Hog Days weekend
