Steele County Free Fair

Steele County fairgoers have been very dedicated toward their favorite foods and attractions, but each year brings in a few changes.

Information Specialist Dan Ruiter of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources was Todd Hale's guest on AM 1390's Fair Talk. The DNR booth will once again be located inside the Izaac Walton League Building. They will have their familiar display of fish caught in local waters...

The Steele County American Dairy Association will offer a featured flavor at the Steele County Fair. Here at KRFO, we have asked you to guess what that might be.

Several new foods will tempt your tongue at this year's Steele County Free Fair. More than 100 food booths will be scattered around the fairgrounds.

The Steele County Free Fair has declared that Friday, August 18, will be Matt Ratzloff Day. Matt has worked with the summer crew the past six years. He recently had a bone marrow transplant at Mayo in Rochester. Ratzloff has been battling acute myeloid leukemia...

Sheriff Lon Thiele was Todd Hale's guest on Fair Talk this week. Once again those with young children attending the fair are encouraged to take precautions to ensure their child's safety. The Sheriff's Shack will be next to the Muckle building or south of the Four Seasons Centre...

The opening day of the Steele County Free Fair is Tuesday, August 15. However a number of 4-H projects are judged well advance. In fact, judging begins this Thursday, August 3, with the clothing categories. They include clothes made by the 4-Her and clothing purchased by the 4-Her...

Steele County Fair time is quickly approaching. The biggest county fair in the state runs August 15-20. The daily schedule of events was released over the weekend.

The first day of the Steele County Free Fair will feature two Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. On Tuesday, August 15, at 12:30PM the show arena will be the setting for the Equine Hall of Fame. This years inductees are Daniel C. Gainey and Jody (Teeters) Eckhardt...

The list of 1960s cars that will be on display in the Wells Fargo Auto Museum during the Steele County Free Fair has been released. All but one of the 14 cars is from the Owatonna area. This year's cars include: 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 XLT from Wayne and Vivian Tischer of Mankato 1965 Chevy hard top from Bill and Sally Regan 1965 Pontiac GTO from Howard Kittleson 1965 Mustang convertible from Ken a