The barns of the fairgrounds held showcases of animals including pigs, goats, cows, horses, llamas and more.
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Marshall Funk’s French Lop rabbit Maric catches a nap.
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The Sears kids worked in the 4-H Food Stand as part of their 4-H club.
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Noah Shuman’s display for the self-determined booth grades 3-7 category.
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A horse leaps over a hurdle at the Pierce County Fairgrounds.
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A slice of strawberry lemonade pie from the Our Savior’s Lutheran Church stand.
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Kash Behrens enjoying the wide range of machinery at the Pierce County Fair.
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The Air Max ride was one of the crowd favorites as fairgoers watched in awe of the flying riders.
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RJ and Bri Nowak-Pechacek show off their goats Justin, Clyde, Steve and Adam.
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The Zero Gravity ride had onlookers dizzy as it spun round-and-round.
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Jesse Betchkal’s rock hounding display in the Round Barn at the Pierce County Fair.
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Elizabeth Sammon takes her bunny through the Level 4 Rabbit Agility course at the Pierce County Fair Friday, Aug. 9.
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The English Lutheran Church food stand’s hot beef dinner did not disappoint.
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Cecil Bjork over looking a "restored" car at the 2024 Pierce County Fair. Bjork has been to over an estimated 80 years of the Pierce County Fairs in his lifetime.
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A competitor waits as the judges evaluate her homemade wine in the Pierce County Fair Open Class division Wednesday, Aug. 7.
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Pickles the Clown shows off her “Domino’s Pizza” to Nancy Jones of River Falls at the Pierce County Fair.
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Radley Gilbertson-Cross, of Ellsworth, with his llama Oliver at the Pierce County Fair. He earned a second-place ribbon.
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Charity Lubich, vice president of member relations and human resources at Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services, spoke with fair attendees in the Round Barn at Thursday, Aug. 8.
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The Dixieland Pickup Band played at the Pierce County Fair picnic pavilion on Friday, Aug. 9.
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Pam Enger sells tea, kettle corn and pickles on a stick at the St. Paul’s United Church of Christ booth at the Pierce County Fair.
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This impressive coral reef display, made by Brenda Carstedt of River Falls, earned a blue ribbon in Open Class at the Pierce County Fair. It was on display in the Seyforth Building.
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Open Class quilt judging drew quite a crowd in the Kenny Hines Memorial Building.
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This beautiful bluebird dish towel embroidered by Lauren Schulz earned a champion ribbon in Open Class Home Furnishings at the fair.
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Junior Fair Flowers & Houseplants Superintendent Krista Klecker oversees the judge and an entrant during judging on Wednesday, Aug. 7.
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Jubilee Yeager, of the Martell Rushers, shows off her bunny Birchie after rabbit judging at the Pierce County Fair Tuesday, Aug. 6.
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Katherine Nehring, age 6, of Elmwood, showed items for the first time in the Pierce County Fair as a Cloverbud in the Junior Fair.
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Cora Capatske with her short haired cat during cat judging on Friday, Aug. 2 in the Round Barn.
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Kathy Shafer, of Gilman township, was awarded the champion ribbon in Open Class Flowers & Houseplants – Class C, container gardening.
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Harper Tufenk, age 11, River Falls, enjoyed the famous 4-H Food Stand chicken strips during the rabbit show on Tuesday, Aug. 6.
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Grace Turvaville, who celebrated her birthday during the fair, entered her bunny Peanut in the rabbit costume contest. Turvaville is a member of the Busy Fingers 4-H Club.
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The Midway was a busy place on Friday, Aug. 9.
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The new ride in Mr. Ed’s Magical Midway, the Viper, was a hit with fair attendees.
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The Ferris Wheel is a popular mainstay of the Pierce County Fair Midway each year.
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This goat in the Pierce County Fair Goat Barn looks like he’s smiling.
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Steve & Sue Galoff, along with their daughter Ashley and her husband Kyle Boyea and son Xander, received the Century Farm designation Sunday, Aug. 11 at the Pierce County Fair.
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