Breanne Lesher

Breanne Lesher will be stepping into the professional shoes so well-worn by Larry Flaws, who today spends his last as director of Recreation and Public Grounds for the City of Webster City.

Lesher officially puts the shoes on Thursday.

Her rise to the position comes after first being a public grounds technician for the city in the spring of 2018. The following year, in November 2019, she became assistant director of Recreation and Public Grounds.

Lesher, who graduated from Webster City High School, earned an associate of arts degree and coaching authorization from Iowa Central Community College in 2008, and the bachelor of science degree from Iowa State University in 2010.

She’s a graduate of Iowa Certified Public Manager Program through the Center for Professional Studies of Drake University. Her 2022 master of public administration is also from Drake.

In her position as an assistant director, she was responsible for the overall operation of Graceland Cemetery and assisted in maintaining the city’s many parks and other city-owned green spaces, according to the city’s website.

She is a native of the Webster City area.

Flaws, who is leaving his position after 45 years working for the city, is moving with his wife to Carlisle.

Has taken a new job as maintenance coordinator with the State of Iowa, supervising staff who clean the statehouse and State Law Library in Des Moines.

Flaws, whose first visit to Fuller Hall was in 1969 at age 8, started working for the city in 1977 when he was still in high school.