Optimism about 2021 Minnesota State Fair continues to grow
What the State Fair in 2021 could look like is a mystery.
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Only 120 days until the start of the 2021 Minnesota State Fair, and all indications are that it will go ahead in some form this year after the COVID-19 pandemic wiped it off the schedule in 2020. We re in a different place than we were, said Jerry Hammer, general manager of the State Fair, in an interview on WCCO Radio Monday. Last year everything we were seeing is why we couldn t, and this year we re seeing why we can. We re getting ready to go, Hammer added.
It s Dave Lee s final week as morning show host at WCCO Radio
Lee is being celebrated all week as he wraps up a three-decade career at CCO.
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One of the longest-running radio hosts in Minnesota will call it a career this week.
Dave Lee s 32-year career at WCCO Radio News Talk 830 will end when he hosts the morning news on Friday. Lee announced in early January that he would be retiring from The Good Neighbor at the end of April.
Now that the time is near, he s being celebrated by the station with what it s calling Farewell Week.
Each day this week the station will surprise Lee with special guests. Lee said his longtime producer, Jimmy Erickson, won t even tell me who they are this week.
Minnesota State Fair To Offer A Grant for First Year Exhibitors quickcountry.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from quickcountry.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
April 21, 2021
The Minnesota State Fair is committed to showcasing our state’s finest agriculture, and we recognize the importance of cultivating youth experiences in the livestock industry. We also understand that exhibiting at the Minnesota State Fair can stretch the family budget. Thanks to support from the Minnesota State Fair Foundation, we are proud to introduce the Minnesota State Fair Beginning Exhibitor Livestock Learning Experience (BELLE) Grant!
The BELLE Grant program will gift $500 each to 11 large-animal (beef cattle, dairy cattle, goats, horses, llamas, sheep and swine) exhibitors and $250 each to four small-animal (rabbits and poultry) exhibitors who commit to participating in the Minnesota State Fair for the first time in 2021.
The Minnesota State Fair is great for many reasons. I mean, the atmosphere is electrifying, the food is suburb and the events are lively, but what s even better is the fact that the State Fair is so generous (though they can afford to be with the amount of revenue they bring in each year).
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Starting this year, the Minnesota State Fair is introducing the Beginning Exhibitor Livestock Learning Experience (BELLE) Grant. This program will award monetary grants and provide peer mentors to 15 livestock exhibitors who are participating in the Fair for the first time. This grant is funded by the Minnesota State Fair Foundation.