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Crow Wing County Fair Association
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To provide an additional stage for area artists and educators to showcase their talents and knowledge. Arts in the Northland will encompass a diverse group of artists and educators to offer educational and hands on experiences for fairgoers. Historical, traditional, and modern forms of art are all to be a part of the Arts in the Northland.

Crow Wing
Recipient
Crow Wing County Fair Association
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,000

To enhance access to arts and cultural heritage events at the Crow Wing County Fair. A camera, projector, and big screen will allow visitors to better see demonstrations in the "Curling Building." Funds will also be used to add electrical outlets to run equipment.

Crow Wing
Recipient
Mille Lacs County Fair
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To provide a variety of arts and cultural heritage programming opportunities at the Mille Lacs County Fair. A local resident family with success participating in State and National fiddle contests, will assist with the planning and implementation of a fiddle contest and a workshop. A Native American Showcase will allow the Mille Lacs County Fair to broaden its cultural offerings by including an under-represented segment of the county's population in its activities. The showcase will feature Native American dance, song, and drumming.

Mille Lacs
Recipient
Steele County Agricultural Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,000

To increase the Steele County Fair's capacity to showcase children's art by purchasing new display materials. Portable wall panels will allow work to be hung in a gallery type fashion, and offer more surface area to display children's art.

Steele
Recipient
Crow Wing County Fair
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,680

Glass blowing demonstrations, antique engine displays, and blacksmithing demonstrations throughout the day during the week of the fair.

Crow Wing
Recipient
Mille Lacs County Fair
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,680

Bringing an agricultural experience to fairgoers through photographs and an opportunity to operate a tractor via a simulator.

Mille Lacs
Recipient
Steele County Free Fair
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,680

This grant is intended to provide access to cultural music of this area of the state. We are inviting in musical groups for our old-time music afternoon and a special concert in our north entertainment area. These groups include The Concord Singers, The Marv Nissel Band, and the Over-60 band. We are trying to pass on old-time music to younger audiences and keep the tradition of this music as a part of the fair. We also have a fair museum, and the doors are sticking making it difficult for people to get in. This is a controlled environment building so we need to keep the doors closed.

Steele
Recipient
Waseca County Free Fair
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,680

The Educational Heritage Magic Show by Magician Tom Anderson - With period costumes from the 1800's, he will be using magic that would have taken place in the 1800's. Tom is also a balloon artist and will be offering a balloon twisting class. ?Musical performers will also perform at the fair.

Waseca
Recipient
Crow Wing County Fair
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,755

Glass blowing demonstrations

Crow Wing
Recipient
Mille Lacs County Fair
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,500

Our Legacy project consists of hiring Monroe Wright III to perform two shows on Friday of fair. He will bring several musicians to accompany him during the scheduled shows. He specializes in the music of the Mills Brothers.

Mille Lacs
Recipient
Steele County Free Fair
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,755

Each year we try to highlight some form of the arts that the public may not get to see often. In 2024, we will be featuring a glass blowing demonstration in our Family Zone. The Glass artists do shows demonstrating techniques and create a piece for the audience to see each step off the process. They do multiple shows daily between 10am to 9pm.

Steele
Recipient
Waseca County Free Fair
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,755

RJ Kern's photography shows feature storytelling and agricultural photography and will be coming to our fair this summer. RJ does different shows: Being a National Geographic agricultural photographer; Being a Commemorative Artist for the Minnesota State Fair; The Unchosen Ones: Advice for 4-H Competitors and Life Skills Learned in 4-H; iPhoneography Tips for Your Award-Winning Photography; History of Agricultural Photography 101;
Historical Photography Demonstrations.

Waseca
Recipient
Crow Wing County Fair Association
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000

To restore the old Carbine House on the fairgrounds. The Crow Wing County Fair will rehabilitate an historic house on the fairgrounds that was originally an old trading post and was later occupied by Duncan and Ella Carbine. They will work with the Historical Society to ensure that the restoration is done in a historically accurate manner.

Crow Wing
Recipient
Crow Wing County Fair Association
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To showcase a diverse group of regional artists and educators who will offer educational and hands-on experiences for fairgoers on the Arts on the Northland Stage.

Crow Wing
Recipient
Waseca County
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To bring a variety of cultural entertainment to the Waseca County Free Fair, including yodeling, Bluegrass, Irish, Alpine, Czechoslovakian, gospel and Americana music, a vaudeville show, and genealogical information from the Minnesota Historical Society.

Waseca
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,000
Fund Source

Funding supports an Irrigation Specialist to develop guidance and provide education on irrigation and nitrogenbest management practices (BMPs). In this position, Dr. Vasu Sharma provides direct support to irrigators onissues of irrigation scheduling and soil water monitoring. She is collaborating on the development of new irrigationscheduling tools that help irrigators manage water and nitrogen resources more precisely. These tools help reducenitrogen leaching losses in irrigated cropping systems.

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Stearns
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Recipient
Waseca County
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,762

To improve the lighting for fine arts exhibits at the Waseca County Free Fair, and in areas housing demonstrations.

Waseca
Recipient
Mille Lacs County Fair
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To feature programs linking the history of agriculture and the role of livestock.

Mille Lacs
Recipient
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000

Native to the western United States and Canada, mountain pine beetle is considered the most devastating forest insect in North America. Trees usually die as a result of infestation and an unprecedented outbreak in the west is currently decimating pine forests there. While mountain pine beetle is not presently believed to reside in Minnesota, there are risks posed by an expanding species range resulting from warming climate and the potential for accidental introduction via lumber imports from infested areas.

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Recipient
Steele County Agricultural Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To highlight past agricultural practices at the Steele County Fair. The Milk Buds are an eight horse miniature hitch, and will stroll the fairgrounds on a regular schedule to showcase a time when horses and hitches were a key method to moving freight in the country. The fair will also rebuild display cases and tables for their Organic Crops department. All displayed crops are certified organic and will feature the ways crops were grown over 50 years ago.

Steele
Recipient
Steele County Agricultural Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To improve the lighting in the arts area that features textiles, photography, culinary, gardening and hobbies exhibits, and the antique automobiles display area. Funds will also be used to hire a strolling performer during the fair.

Steele
Recipient
Waseca County
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To offer new arts and cultural heritage programming at the Waseca County Free Fair. Programming will include a performance by a Minnesota band, a German heritage band, and Homeward Bound Theater.

Waseca