This morning, The Freeborn County Board of Commissioners made the decision to suspend all activities at the fairgrounds until September 1st.
2020 Freeborn County Fair Cancelled
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Fair season is around the corner.
But with the pandemic still ongoing - one southern minnesota county has made the decision to cancel theirs.
Live kimt news 3's alex jirgens is live in albert lea with the details.xxx lowerthird2line talent coronavirus:alex jirgens ajirgens@kimt.com coverage you can count on amy - i was here for last year's freeborn county fair - and was impressed by the amount of people here having some nice summer fun.
But this year - you won't be seeing or smelling fried food or mini donuts- or students' 4-h exhibits.
Fairgrounds-live vo-1 lowerthird2line coronavirus:2020 freeborn county fair cancelled albert lea, mn this morning - the freeborn county board of commissioners made the decision to suspend all activities at the fairgrounds until september 1st.
Because the fair is slated for the first part of august - the fair will also not be held this year.
Tickets - season passes - and passports - both bought in person and online - will be refunded.
County administrator tom jensen says the decision was not made lightly - and it came after looking at many options.xxx fairgrounds-live sot-1 "it doesn't make sense to have that many people from all corners of the earth gathering together when there's very little sanitation, there's no hand washing, there's nothing.
And social distancing is impossible."
Restaurants-live sot-3 the mower county fair is held the following week after freeborn county's.
According to a post on their facebook page from this afternoon - their fair is still scheduled for august 11 through the 16th in austin.
The fair board there will continue to monitor the situation.
Live in albert lea-alex jirgens kimt news 3 thank you alex.
The freeborn county fair board is planning for next year's fair - and are in the process of attempting to re-book entertainers scheduled for this year for 20-21.
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