Breanna Brooks (2024)

Marion Burgy (1923)

Lillian Augsburger (1928)

Vilah Sommerfeldt Peterson (1935)

Bessie Schiesser Licher, Dorothy Bidlingmaier Wild & Lillian Fleek Brandenburg (1940)

Darlyne Abelman Hudson & Robert Reider (1950)

Rita Bregenzer Elliott (1955)

Pat Kaster Yeagle (1965)

Donna Wyss Graves & Pat Kaster Yeagle (1967)

Darlene Rufener Walraven (1970)

Carol Lehr Nitschke & Jocelyn Kline (1972)

Marianne Dickson & Mary Kosek Broge (1974)

Pam Wels Wyss & Janice Wettach Everson (1976)

Connie Driver & Jo Ann Rufener Huber (1978)

Mary Carroll Leahy & Karen Dischler (1980)

Cathy Gruninger Dols & Ramona Gordee Bureau (1982)

Kristi Tuescher & Debbie Meier Watkins (1984)

Michelle Kundert Kelley & Wendi Gelbach Frohna (1986)

Pam Zweifel Burke & Stacy Meyer (1988)

Tina Steinmann Keller & Cindy Olson Yelk (1990)

Becky Buri Kallas & Heidi Tschanz Driggers (1992)

Kim Brown Pokorny & Gretchen Buol (1994)

Brandi Siedschlag Meier & Sara Feldt Bishop (1996)

Amy Ammon Kennedy & Mandy Krahenbuhl (1998)

Ann Ammon Goers & Karen Frei (2000)

Lindsay Wettach LaCourse & Cally Abplanalp Ehle (2002)

Brianna Gelbach Froseth (2004)

Shannon Stricker (2006)

Charity Rood McMahon (2008)

Trisha Pernot (2010)

Brianna Ditzenberger Ripp (2012)

Sarah Sacker & Breinne Hendrickson (2014)

Jana Duval Crandall (2016)

Tess Zettle (2018)

Molly Minder (2020)

Tess Zettle (2022)

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CHEESE DAYS

Back in 1914, the concept of Cheese Days originated from the notion that if some little town in Illinois could have a festival commemorating sauerkraut, then a celebration based on cheese would be an even better idea.

A group of local businessmen planned the festivities in just nine days, driving a roadster through the city of Monroe to publicize the event. A hand-lettered sign attached to the vehicle proclaimed “FIRST CHEESE DAY COMMITTEE 1914 – WE STARTED SOMETHING!”

And did they ever.

100 years later, we invite you to take part in our centennial Cheese Days 2014 – where old-world tradition has generated an out-of-this-world celebration.

Help us celebrate our Swiss heritage with traditional music, dance, drinks, food, and extraordinary cheese!