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Second-oldest Minnesota State Fair food vendor ends 90-year run
The longtime owners say "it's like selling the family farm."
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Minnesota State Fair final attendance: 1.3 million, far below 2019 record
That compares with 2,126,551 in 2019 (the fair's all-time attendance record) and 2,046,533 in 2018.
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Crowd attempted to storm gate at State Fair on Monday night
Law enforcement officers used a chemical agent to break up the group, and one man had a gun, the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office said.
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COVID at the fair: A year like no other
Tens of thousands of fairgoers attended the Minnesota State Fair as the COVID-19 Delta variant surged in 2021. With no mask mandate or attendance limitations, the Great Minnesota Get Together went forward as Minnesotans sought a sense of normalcy.
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Minnesota State Fair's eighth day drew 80,778, about half of 2019's number
Attendance has been lower every day this year vs. the last year before the pandemic.
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Why we call Minnesota home: Fleeting moments draw us to the fair
Drawing from life teaches us how to see. We learn how to appreciate the ordinary details of the world around us, and we can see reflections of ourselves.
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Minnesota State Fair's seventh day draws 88,027 people
That was significantly down from 2019 and 2018 numbers.
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State Fair study tests which masks are best in COVID fight
Mask fitting research prompted U of M group to develop an alternative mask design that could be readied in the event of a supply shortage.
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Tim McGraw scores with girl-dad country at Minnesota State Fair grandstand
He drew the State Fair grandstand's biggest crowd yet.
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State Fair attendance begins to climb after starting off slow
Fewer people makes for a more enjoyable experience for those who do come, one vendor said: "We're here, we're open, we're happy."
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A behind-the-scenes look at the Minnesota State Fair's blue-ribbon entries
There were more than 3,000 entries in this year's State Fair baking competitions.
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Up, up and away to your (adjective) Day at the Minnesota State Fair!
After a no-fair year, the Minnesota State Fair is back. Whether you're planning to get vaccinated, mask up, and attend — or if you're sitting this one out — here's your chance to fill in some blanks and remember what makes Great Minnesota Get-Togethers so great.
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Doobie Brothers rock State Fair without 'recuperating and isolating' Michael McDonald
The performance went on, as it has without McDonald for decades.
A little fun with the seven fair day-vices
Our photographer framed the panorama of humanity that is the State Fair, keeping an eye out for pride, envy, gluttony, lust, wrath, greed and sloth — and keeping tongue firmly in cheek. Can you guess who's portraying what? A weary fairgoer who woke at 4:30 a.m. took a catnap on Dan Patch Avenue; a young wrangler with her Dorset ewe lamb glanced back at the competition; a toddler had had it with the Kidway; a family dug into a cookie bucket; a mom cried with joy after her daughter won a 4-H championship; two tweens staggered under their midway prizes.
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Coverage of the annual Minnesota State Fair. including food reviews, grandstand concert performances, full daily schedules, live video and a fairground map.
