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Fair Board ponders final planning, funding for 2024 fair

By Pamela Jansson

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IRONWOOD — Funding and task management were the major topics of concern at Monday evening’s meeting of the Gogebic County Fair Board.

Scheduled for Aug. 8-11, this year’s fair is now three months away.

Despite it being a smaller event to be held at Ironwood’s Pat O’Donnell Civic Center, many of the same tasks as in any other year must be addressed.

Fair Board members spent part of the meeting studying a list of nearly 50 responsibilities that must be addressed in the time left.

Prepared by Marlene Saari, former fair coordinator, the list includes s...