Steele County Free Fair

You can't change history but you can put more of it on display. That's what the Steele County Historical Society will do at the Village of Yesteryear during the fair.

From singing and dancing to spelling with some watermelon seeds and hammers flying as well, the entertainment at the KRFO stage at the Steele County Fair is wide-ranging.

It's hard to believe people can still come up with new foods for the Steele County Fair each year, but seven foods will reportedly make their debut in 2016.

Pickups will be the featured in the Wells Fargo Auto Museum at this month's Steele County Free Fair. Wow, there's a couple on this list that I'll be chomping at the bit to see. Here's this year's list: 1924 Model T from Ken and Donna Macht of Owatonna ... Read More ...

Where would any organization be without volunteers? The Steele County Free Fair Board of Directors will honor dedicated fair volunteers at a special meal on Tuesday, August 16. Thank you and congratulations to the following volunteers who will be honored...

The Steele County Senior Citizens of the Year for 2016 have been named. They are H. Peter Baxter of Owatonna and Barb Mrotz of Ellendale. They will be recognized by the Steele County Exchange Club and the fair on Thursday, August 18, at 6:30PM in Fair Square Park...

One of the first-time performers at this year's Steele County Free Fair will be Walter's Wheelhouse. They'll be performing Tuesday night of the fair on the KRFO/Kat Kountry 105 stage at 5:45PM. The band was started by Blooming Prairie native Janelle Kendall...

There will be four stages with entertainment during this summer's Steele County Free Fair. The Elmer Reseland stage will be dedicated opening night of the fair at 6PM. It'll be just east of the 4-H Building. Along with the birth of the new stage, the Owatonna Chapter of the Izaac Walton League will be celebrating their 90th birthday on Saturday, August 20, at the fair...

The cannon is on display on the Steele County Fairgrounds, but unless David Smith Jr. is seeking a quick ride to Hy-Vee it might need to be aimed differently for the fair.

Join Todd Hale and special guests each Thursday morning at 9:40 on AM 1390 for Fair Talk. Dates for this year's Steele County Free Fair are August 16-21. The Livestock Hall of Fame induction on Tuesday, August 16, will be the time that several FFA members receive special recognition...