Will There Be A Normal State Fair This Summer? Organizers Stay Tight-Lipped
CBS Minnesota 1 hr ago Syndicated Local – WCCO | CBS Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) Despite a sold-out event at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds this weekend, we still don’t know the details of what a State Fair might look like in August.
About 70,000 people paid $12.50 to attend the five-day “Kickoff to Summer” event. It featured 25 food booths, and a dozen vendors. It also left many asking whether there’s going to be a normal fair leading into the traditional Labor Day holiday.
“I can’t say that quite yet,” Danielle Dullinger, with the fair, said. “What it’s going to look like, we cant say. We are planning for a ton of different scenarios but cant say 100%.”
Dear readers, this is my farewell column as the American-Statesman food writer.
On June 1, I ll hang up my apron, stack up the cookbooks and pass on the test kitchen gear to the next person to take on this life-changing position at Austin’s daily newspaper.
When I say, “Dear readers,” I mean it. From my first column in 2008 to today, the fine people who read this column in print with their coffee and via Facebook in the school pickup line have held an incredibly special place in my heart.
I have kept your business cards, your emails and screenshots of your direct messages on social media in my digital and physical archive. I still have a physical copy of (almost) every food section I’ve published. Because of your kindness and willingness to connect, my kids will have memories of being stopped in the grocery store by someone who tells me they love trying new recipes and reading stories in the food section.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) â Gov. Tim Walz hopes giveaways including Minnesota State Fair tickets, fishing licenses and state park passes will help pick up the pace of coronavirus vaccinations in Minnesota, which has slowed.
The Democratic governor on Thursday announced that 100,000 people who are vaccinated between Memorial Day weekend and the end of June will be eligible to choose between nine vaccine reward options. The incentives include college baseball tickets, amusement parks passes and a $25 Visa card, among other options.
Walz called the incentive program a âwonderful opportunityâ to vaccinate more Minnesota residents while virus case numbers remain low and more people head outdoors this summer.