Stearns County Fair

The Stearns County Fair continues through the weekend.

The Stearns County Fair continues through the weekend in Sauk Centre.

Here's your 98.1 insider guide to the 2021 Stearns County Fair in Sauk Centre.

After a year on hold due to COVID-19 (like everything else in 2020), Minnesota's county fairs are back at full strength this summer. Here's what you'll want to know.

One thing I feel like most of us can agree on is how much we missed having county and state fairs in 2020...thanks, COVID.

Here's your 98.1 insider guide to the 2019 Stearns County Fair in Sauk Centre.

Here's your 98.1 insider guide to the 2019 Stearns County Fair in Sauk Centre.

Here's your 98.1 insider guide to this week's Stearns County Fair in Sauk Centre.

Voicing your opinion and sharing your thoughts is part of this year's goal for an area county fair.

It’s pretty much ‘fair month’ in Minnesota. We wrapped up the Stearns County Fair last week, the Benton County Fair is underway, and then the Minnesota State Fair kicks off at the end of the month! What a time to be alive!

From classic cars to carnival rides, we have your guide to fun and exciting events going on throughout Central Minnesota. Check out the first ever performance of the Uka Ladies at Pioneer Place, enjoy the music and dancing of Mary Poppins at the Buffalo Community Theatre, see local artists make and sell their goods in Milaca at Hillbilly Days, get your share of rides and fair foods at the Stearns County Fair and check out some classic hot rods at Rollies with their July Car Show. Read more in The Weekender!

Born and raised in Minnesota, I've lived in five different states and been to dozens of county fairs over the years (and loved them all), but none quite get it done like my favorite: the Stearns County Fair in Sauk Centre. Here's your 98.1 insider guide to this week's extravaganza.