Chris Janson
(Photo provided) MALONE Platinum-selling country music singer Chris Janson and former Foreigner lead singer Lou Gramm are among the stars coming to the Star of the North this August for the Franklin County Fair if the COVID-19 pandemic allows it. Also in the fair’s entertainment lineup will be the Roots and Boots Tour featuring a trio of country stars from the 1990s: Sammy Kershaw, Aaron Tippin and Collin Raye. These three have almost 70 top 40 country hits between them. They will perform Friday, Aug. 6 stating at 7 p.m. Gramm will be part of the ’80s Rock Tour, along with Steve Augeri, who succeeded Steve Perry as lead singer of Journey from 1998 to 2006, and Asia Featuring John Payne. The original Asia, popular in the early ’80s for songs such as “Heat of the Moment,” featured Payne as its frontman from 1991 to 2006, and the band that will perform at the Franklin County Fair is Payne’s spinoff group. They will perform Saturday, Aug. 7 stating at
Franklin County Fair tentatively scheduled for August return, entertainment announced
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Duane Swanson, 67, of Hampton, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at Franklin General Hospital in Hampton. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the following: Franklin County Fair (which Duane hasn’t missed since showing hogs there as a young boy in 4-H), the Coulter Fire Department’s new building (where Duane served as a volunteer firefighter for several years), or to the Hospice Center of North Iowa who took amazing care of him during his time as a patient.
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Big E President Eugene Cassidy, now head of global fair association, describes industry devastated by COVID
Updated Jan 24, 2021;
Posted Jan 24, 2021
Eugene Cassidy is the president and CEO of the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
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WEST SPRINGFIELD At a time when The Big E normally gears up for late-winter trade and consumer shows campers, hunting and fishing, and home improvement the biggest event coming to the Eastern States Exposition grounds could be a COVID-19 mass vaccination site.
The sprawling 175-acre fairgrounds on Memorial Avenue a 104-year-old institution with 44 buildings is expensive to operate. Just cleaning up after a snowfall can cost up to $32,000.
MALONE â The dates for the planned 2021 Franklin County Fair have been announced, with the event scheduled to run from Friday, Aug. 6, through Sunday, Aug. 15.
Additionally, the Franklin County Agricultural Society board has secured the entertainment for the county fair, according to a press release from Kim Kiser, sales manager at WICY.
The lineup for this yearâs fair entertainment will be released in the near future, according to Kiserâs press release.
The press release indicates further details for fair week are ongoing.
The announcement for entertainment and ticket sales will be made on the Franklin County Fairâs Facebook page, website and Instagram, in addition to planned announcements on radio, television and in print publications, according to the press release.
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