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Tag: State Fair

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Iowa State Fair v. Minnesota State Fair: Outhouse category

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 18, 2016, 1:28 PM Aug 18, 2016
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We must decide for ourselves which state fair is better, but you have to admit that the outhouse races in Iowa are, as we say in Minnesota, ‘different’ Read more →

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Remembering ‘WeeZee,’ a State Fair icon

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 18, 2014, 7:38 AM Jul 18, 2014
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Louise “WeeZee” Miner of Bloomington was legally blind but she said she always could tell what a horse was doing at the Minnesota State Fair horse ring, where she passed out the ribbons. Read more →

Searching for Mr. NewsCut at the State Fair

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 29, 2013, 2:58 PM Aug 29, 2013
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Our guy Collins is scavenger hunt fodder. Read more →

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