Minnesota State Fair

As more outbreak modeling becomes available for the coronavirus pandemic, it's becoming increasingly clear that it will be some time before Minnesota is back to normal.

The Minnesota State Fair announced two more acts for its 2020 Grandstand Concert Series.

The Minnesota State Fair has unveiled yet another artist who will perform at the Grandstand during one of the 12 days of the Great Minnesota Get-Together this summer. 

The City of St. Paul will no longer allow residents to resell street parking day passes on city streets to curb a practice used during the Minnesota State Fair.

The Minnesota State Fair fired its 37 year-round police officers at the end of January and established new requirements for future applicants, according to a letter that was sent out to the officers.

Kevin Cannon has had his work published all over the Twin Cities area. This year, he's been tasked with creating the 2020 commemorative State Fair poster.

The Minnesota State Fairgrounds will get nearly $10 million in upgrades prior to the 2020 Great Minnesota Get-Together, the fair announced Sunday.

A parent is suing the agency that oversees the Minnesota State Fair after their son became seriously ill from an E. coli infection linked to the Miracle of Birth Center. They are seeking more than $50,000 in damages due to hospital expenses and lost wages during the boy's treatment.

A Christmas tree went up in the rotunda at the Minnesota State Capitol Tuesday morning for the first time in six years.

The Doobie Brothers will headline the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand on Friday, Aug. 28.

Tickets for the 2020 Minnesota State Fair went on sale Friday.

State health officials are investigating an outbreak of E. coli after 11 people fell ill after visiting the Minnesota State Fair. 

The Minnesota State Fair is a lucrative business for most companies, but Southwest Transit can’t make a profit during the Minnesota Get Together despite record-breaking ridership. 

A mother who was at the Minnesota State Fair last week to support her son went home with a lot more than just a blue ribbon.

There’s a reason why it’s called the Great Minnesota Sweat Together. During the “average” year, at least a few of the 12 running days during the fair see afternoon temperatures in the 80s or 90s with plenty of humidity. Combine that with a 300-acre plot and two hundred thousand of your closest friends, and it can get a bit sweaty for even the most avid warm weather lover. But this year was totally different.

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren won the Minnesota DFL’s state fair “bean ballot” straw poll, which – while unofficial – is being viewed by officials in both parties as worth more than a hill of beans.

The Minnesota State Fair set a new total attendance record, yet again.

Monday marked a bittersweet goodbye to the end of the Minnesota State Fair - and the unofficial end of summer.

Only 104,722 people have to walk through the State Fair gates Monday to break the overall Fair attendance record in 2019.