also a partner in D&K Repair and Megan is the principal at Ireton Christian School. Ken said Kurt loved farm equipment from the get-go. “I fixed a bed for him behind the seat of the tractor and he’d come along.” After Kurt graduated from high school, he went to Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon to study truck and diesel mechanics. While he was still in school, he got a job at a local tractor dealership. According to Ken, “Kurt came home and said he’d gotten his ‘dream job.’ He was working in the wash bay, which was the lowest spot on the totem pole.” After graduating from NCC, Kurt went to work for an area implement dealer. But Ken found he needed his son closer to home. “One fall, I had cattle get out of the pen, over the fence. I called Kurt and told him to get home because I needed him. He came home pretty quick, but he told me ‘Dad, I’m not working for you. I can’t just leave my job whenever I want.’” Not long after that, Kurt and his friend, Dave Rozeboom, were talking about starting a repair business of their own. Ken said, “I thought that was a good chance for me to have Kurt at home. I had been thinking about putting up a new machine shed anyway. I told them if they wanted to start their business, I’d finish off part of the shed and they could have their business in there. We never dreamed it was going to turn into what it is today.” Ruth and Ken Kooima
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