Created: June 16, 2021 03:34 PM
Organizers are going forward with the Minnesota State Fair this summer even as the Ramsey County Sheriff s Office has yet to hammer out a security plan.
Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher said the Minnesota State Fair Board voted last Friday to open the fair on time in August even though there is no contract in place just yet that lays out public safety for the entire 12-day run of the event. The State Fair Board says the fair is happening, and so now it is just a matter of figuring out what public safety will look like, Fletcher said. I am hopeful the Ramsey County Board will agree that we are the last option for law enforcement at the fair this year and we can get an agreement signed between the Board and State Fair management.