rice county fair

The Rice County Fair is underway, and if you are looking for a toe-tapping time, or a cold beverage, the place to be is the beer gardens, which has no cover charge. There are plenty of fun things to do, both free and paid, including the entertainment in the beer garden if you are of age.

Each day of the Rice County Fair John Anderson, Rice County Fair manager John Dvorak and I enjoy breakfast and broadcast live from the Cardinal Café. The food is great and it is always nice to see the Bethlehem Academy students taking their turn working at the Cardinal Café...

Rice County Sheriff Troy Dunn told KDHL on Wednesday there will be a distracted driving simulator at the Rice County Fair on Friday evening. Dunn said Kathy Cooper of the Rice County Safe Roads Coalition approached him about having the simulator at the fair...

One of the little touches that make the Rice County Fair, in Faribault, a fun place to spend a summer afternoon or evening are all the photo opportunities placed throughout the fair - great places to have the kids sit and take a picture of them or where you and friends can take a group selfie...

The fair is not officially open yet as I write this, but the fairgrounds are bustling with activity. We had a great three J's breakfast from the Cardinal Cafe on Tuesday morning. Jerry Groskretuz and Fair Secretary John Dvorak joined us for good food and an update on how the final fair preparations were going...

The formula is easy: a handful of ladies, hammers, a board, and nails, but the outcome is always a fun time. The Rice County Fair starts today and runs through July 23, bringing plenty of fun, including the annual KDHL Ladies’ Nail Driving Contest!

KDHL Radio will be live streaming video of the Rice County Fair Queen Coronation on the KDHL YouTube channel. I will be the Master of Ceremonies for the event and always look forward to taking the stage with some outstanding young women. This year six young ladies are competing for the honor to represent the Rice County Fair throughout southern Minnesota...

The 10th annual Best of the Best, the Rice County Agriculture Hall of Fame program, will be Wednesday morning at the Rice County Fair. A free breakfast will be served from 7:30-9AM in the beer garden, sponsored by the Rice County Farm Bureau...

Rice County Fair Secretary John Dvorak stops by KDHL to give us a preview of the excitement that starts tomorrow in Faribault. There was a rumor that the fair was not going to have a carnival this year but that is absolutely false as you can see by the pictures I took this morning on the fairgrounds with Gold Star Amusements getting ready to set up the rides at the Rice County Fair...

Late this morning I stopped in at the studio before I headed out to the farm. Rice County Fair Manager John Dvorak had called and asked if we could announce that the carnival Gold Star Amusements will be at the Rice County Fair starting Tuesday...