Rice County Fair

Hard to believe, but the Rice County Fair in Faribault is already here! Running from July 19-24, the Rice County Fair has fun for the whole family!

Monday evening a number of members of the Rice County Pork Producers and Dakota Rice Corn and Soybean Growers got together at the Rice County Fairgrounds to get the pork stand ready for the fair. Kevin Estrem used to spend a couple days doing it himself...

If you play piano and want to share your talents with the public, or just want to help share local history, the Rice County Historical Society is looking for you. The RCHS Museum's 1906 Schimmel piano will be available for play by pianists during the Rice County Fair Wednesday through Saturday, July 20-23, from 12:30-7:30PM and Sunday, July 24 from 12:30-3:30PM...

UPDATE: Tanya Thomas has been reached. Kathy is still trying to contact Shannon Tjaden Chaden. Kathy Cap organizes the Rice County Fair Queen Coronation each year at the Rice County Fair. Recently Kathy was on KDHL's AM Minnesota program and said that this is the 40th year since it was started. In ...

Summer is finally here and the Rice County Fair is right around the corner. That fun week of carnival rides, games, food and shows that comes to town July 19-24 and features Enduro Auto Races, Great Frontier Bull Riding, the NTPA Truck and Tractor Pull, the Demolition Derby and new this year, the Battle of the Bands...

Rice County Fair manager John Dvorak was on AM Minnesota today. Driving through the Rice County Fairgrounds this week the crew sure has the fairgrounds looking nice. Everything is spruced up and it looks like the fair could be next week! Well, it is only about six weeks away...

The warm weather is finally here and summer is right around the corner. Of course with summer comes that fun week of carnival rides, games, food and shows known as the Rice County Fair. This year's fair will be July 19-24 and features Enduro Auto Races, Great Frontier Bull Riding, the NTPA Truck and Tractor Pull, the Demolition Derby and new this year, the Battle of the Bands...

John Dvorak, executive secretary of the Rice County Fair, stops by the KDHL studio today to update us on what's happening at this July's event. There are some events that need our attention before they can happen during the fair. For example, the Outstanding Senior Citizens award deadline for nominations is coming up and Dvorak will give us details...

It was fun to talk with John Dvorak, the Rice County Fair manager, this morning on KDHL's AM Minnesota. With the nice warm weather over the weekend you have to think the Rice County Fair will be here soon. John mentioned that fair board members are always evaluating how to improve the fair...

Rice County Fair Manager John Dvorak was on today's AM Minnesota program. The weather sure doesn't feel like we should be talking about the Rice County Fair, but it is only about three months away! Many of the grandstand events, free entertainment and other acts have to be lined up months ahead of the fair...