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The county fairs in the Milwaukee-area offer many family-friendly activities including agricultural exhibits and local and bigger music concerts
Washington County Fair comes back for 2021 Washington County Fair returns after 2020 event canceled It’s been two years since the Washington County Fair was last up and running, but it came back for 2021. WASHINGTON COUNTY, Wis. - It’s been two years since the Washington County Fair was last up and running, but it came back for 2021. Among the numerous vendors at the Washington County Fair, Tony Bamke’s cheese curds were literally flying out of the fryer Sunday, July 25, the final day of the fair. "Oh, it’s great!" said Bamke. "I got so many people coming up, ‘Man, Tony, we missed...
Milwaukee Tool and construction, finally, on the Couture, bring good news to downtown Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Vice President Kamala Harris attends a roundtable discussion Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at the UW-Milwaukee University Services and Research Building in Milwaukee, Wis. This is Harris' first trip to Wisconsin as vice president. President Biden, who narrowly won the state in November, was in Milwaukee in February to tape a CNN town hall. It's a big day for downtown Milwaukee as the Common Council approved a $20 million financ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel It's a big day for downtown Milwaukee as the Common Council approved a $20 million financing plan for Milwaukee Tool's new office and today, nine years after it was first proposed, construction starts on the Couture apartment tower on the lakefront. The largest influx ever of jobs to downtown Milwaukee by a suburban firm is coming after the Milwaukee Tool financing plan was approved: The council voted 15-0 to help Brookfield-based Milwaukee Tool redevelop a five-story, 350,000-square-foot office building at 501 W. Michigan St. that could bring 2,000 new hires d...
Things will be different this year. "There will be nothing virtual," said Boone, executive director at the Washington County Fair Park & Conference Center. "We are so excited for this." The 163rd Washington County Fair is scheduled for July 20-25 at the Washington County Fair Park, 3000 Highway PV, West Bend. Boone said new activities as well as traditional favorites are planned. Two-time Platinum Award winner Lanco, a five-member country band from Nashville, is scheduled to take the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday July 22. Scheduled to open for Lanco is Rayne Johnson, a modern country artis...