Carson City Frontier Days, Inc. is pleased to announce that Ily Dunn, daughter of Danyel Fry and Toby Dunn, has been crowned Frontier Days Queen 2025. Ily is a student at Fellowship Baptist Academy, where she is involved in Student Council, basketball, soccer, yearbook, and Awana. While a student, she has received many awards, including the Merit Award, Honors Award, Spirit Award, and Coaches Award. Ily was a Voice of Democracy and a Patriot’s Pen finalist and a Rosette Award winner in 4H. While busy achieving all of this, Ily also attends Montcalm Community College, where she earned the honor of being on the Dean’s List.
Ily enjoys volunteering through her church by helping pack boxes of clothes and bags of rice and beans for people in Haiti. She also enjoys being a scorebook keeper and running the clock for elementary school basketball games. She also helps unpack food truck deliveries at the Carson City Community Food Bank. Be sure to keep an eye out for Ily at Herald’s Dairy Delight/Mancinos this summer, as she will be busy serving up ice cream, pizza, and grinders and putting smiles on faces.
In her free time, Ily enjoys spending time with friends and famiy and playing sports. She has a true passion to learn about God and spread His word to others. It is important to her to display a good attitude in whatever she does in order to make a positive impact on others.
Ily has many ambitions for her future. She would like to attend Central Michigan University to study elementary education in order to fulfill her passion to teach young children.
Ily will be featured in the Grand Parade during Frontier Days, as well as attending many of the other events. During her reign as Frontier Days Queen, she will be required to complete a total of 25 hours of community service, as well as attend other engagements scheduled throughout the year in Carson City and surrounding areas. Ily will do an excellent job representing Carson City until she crowns the next Frontier Days Queen in the spring of 2026.
Carson City Frontier Days, Inc. would like to thank Independent Bank of Carson City for sponsoring this year’s Frontier Days Queen Contest. We would also like to thank the 2024 Frontier Days Queen Edy Davidson for all of her hard work and dedication during her reign. Edy represented herself and Carson City with kindness and grace.