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    • Information
      • About The Fair
      • Donate
      • General Information
      • Hall of Fame
      • Maps
      • Meet the Team
      • Minnesota Century Farm
      • Photo Gallery
      • SCFF Barker Newsletter
      • Southern MN Ag Ambassador
    • Things To Do
      • Attractions
      • Ye Olde Beer Garden
      • Food Vendors
      • Grandstand
      • Great Outdoors Center
      • Muckle Fair Museum
      • Music
      • Rides
      • Steele Saloon
    • Tickets
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Steele County Free Fair
  • Home
  • Information
    • About The Fair
    • Donate
    • General Information
    • Hall of Fame
    • Maps
    • Meet the Team
    • Minnesota Century Farm
    • Photo Gallery
    • SCFF Barker Newsletter
    • Southern MN Ag Ambassador
  • Things To Do
    • Attractions
    • Ye Olde Beer Garden
    • Food Vendors
    • Grandstand
    • Great Outdoors Center
    • Muckle Fair Museum
    • Music
    • Rides
    • Steele Saloon
  • Tickets
  • Sponsors
  • Vendors
  • Contact Us

Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Dan Deml, President

Wayne Steele, Vice President

Scott Kozelka, General Manager

Tim Arlt, Treasurer

Jim Abbe, Director

Bruce Busho, Director

Jon DeMars, Director

Mark Ditlevson, Director

Rick Ellingson, Director

Gene Fisher, Director

Mike Hamilton, Director

Tracy Ignaszewski, Director

Sandy Jirele, Director

Glen Meger, Director

Doug Meier, Director

Roger Noble, Director

Josh Prokopec, Director

Brent Svenby, Director

Greg Karsten, Associate Director

Ben Olson, Associate Director

Jeremy Saufferer, Associate Director


Office Staff

Office Staff

Denise Duffy, Administrative Assistant

Rhonda Bennett, Administrative Assistant

Emery Vick, Intern

Nicole Heers, Data Entry

Deb Mather, Data Entry

Angie Jensen, Data Entry

SUPERINTENDENTS OF DEPARTMENTS

SUPERINTENDENTS OF DEPARTMENTS

Aerial Photography

Aerial Photography

Aerial Photography

 Doug Hughes

ATM

Aerial Photography

Aerial Photography

 Larry Haberman

Auto Museum

Aerial Photography

Homemade Beer

 Terry Hansen

Charlie Kaplan

Jon Simon

Don Thiede

Les Abraham, Supt. Emeritus

Homemade Beer

Ye Olde Beer Garden

Homemade Beer

Korey Borchert

Terrence Flynn

Rod Baker

Ye Olde Beer Garden

Ye Olde Beer Garden

Ye Olde Beer Garden

Travis Ahrens

Mick Ditlevson

Brandon Noble

Brochure

Ye Olde Beer Garden

Ye Olde Beer Garden

Jessica Johannes

Little Sugar Designs

Camping

Culinary Dept.

Culinary Dept.

Harold Lewis

Linda Beede

Culinary Dept.

Culinary Dept.

Culinary Dept.

Melissa Karl

JoAnn Stolpa

Dairy Cattle

Culinary Dept.

Dairy Cattle

Karen VonRuden

Data Entry

Draft Horses, Ponies, Mules

Dairy Cattle

Nicole Heers

Angie Jensen

Deb Mather

Draft Horses, Ponies, Mules

Draft Horses, Ponies, Mules

Draft Horses, Ponies, Mules

Megan Hedberg-Polzin

Danielle Klinkner

Electrical Audit

Draft Horses, Ponies, Mules

Draft Horses, Ponies, Mules

Megan Hedberg-Polzin

Danielle Klinkner

Equine Hall of Fame

Fair Distribution/ Banners

Equine Hall of Fame

Pat McCarthy

Evaluations

Fair Distribution/ Banners

Equine Hall of Fame

Marc Wiese

Fair Distribution/ Banners

Fair Distribution/ Banners

Fair Distribution/ Banners

 Jerome Spindler

Fair Photography

Fair Photography

Fair Distribution/ Banners

Tim Lueck

FFA

Fair Photography

Fine Arts

Marvin Spindler

Liz Tinaglia

Fine Arts

Fair Photography

Fine Arts

Arlene Gleason

Naomi Jirele

Pam Mikeworth

Flowers

Fruit Crops

Free Stage

Kathy Flicek

Michele Warner

Free Stage

Fruit Crops

Free Stage

Tyler Cochran

John Ihlenfeld

Gary Sigler

Fruit Crops

Fruit Crops

Grasses/ Grains

Caitlynn Kaplan

Courtney Mislinski

Grasses/ Grains

Great Outdoors Center

Grasses/ Grains

Pat King

Great Outdoors Center

Great Outdoors Center

Great Outdoors Center

Kevin Dillemuth

Jerome Spindler

Hobbies

Great Outdoors Center

Great Outdoors Center

Nicole Heers

Amy Kain

Deb Mather

Indoor Concessions

Information Stations

Information Stations

Ryan Gillespie

Jessi Mages

Justin Ohnstad

Information Stations

Information Stations

Information Stations

Patti Jessop

Barb Wiese

Matt Jessop

Insurance

Information Stations

Insurance

Brad Svenby

Iron Show

Landscaping

Insurance

Ron Janning

Dave Johnson

Landscaping

Landscaping

Landscaping

Michele Warner

Light Horse

Landscaping

Landscaping

Kim Dietz

Mallorie DeCoux

Livestock Hall of Fame

Livestock Hall of Fame

Livestock Hall of Fame

Brad Rugg

Meat Goats

Livestock Hall of Fame

Livestock Hall of Fame

Sean Hughes

Muckle Museum

Livestock Hall of Fame

Opening Ceremonies

Nancy Vaillancourt

Opening Ceremonies

Outdoor Concessions

Opening Ceremonies

Gege Abraham

Organic Crops

Outdoor Concessions

Outdoor Concessions

Dillon Noble

Leo Seykora

Outdoor Concessions

Outdoor Concessions

Outdoor Concessions

Paul Smith

Parliamentarian

Photography Dept.

Photography Dept.

Rollie Truelson

Photography Dept.

Photography Dept.

Photography Dept.

Sandee Hardy-Hagen

Georgia Minard

Tammy Wolf

Rocks & Minerals

Photography Dept.

Rocks & Minerals

Janis O'Neil

James O'Neil

Linda Stockwell

Senior Day

Senior Day

Rocks & Minerals

Greg Johnson

Sheep

Senior Day

Shuttle

Tony Sommer

Wade Nelson

Shuttle

Senior Day

Shuttle

Bruce Bennett

Grant Duffy

Dave Urch

Social Media

Steele Saloon

Steele Saloon

Karen Hale

Steele Saloon

Steele Saloon

Steele Saloon

Kenzie Karsten

Michael Urch

Striping

Steele Saloon

Textiles Dept.

Eric Seykora

Textiles Dept.

Vegetables Dept.

Textiles Dept.

Cathy Balzer

Sandy Boss

Pat Raetz

Cathy Torrey

Vegetables Dept.

Vegetables Dept.

Vegetables Dept.

Carol Rypka

Mark Rypka

Veterinarian

Vegetables Dept.

Vegetables Dept.

  1. Dr. Anna Wildgrube

Visitor Services

Visitor Services

Visitor Services

Glenda Smith

Wood Carving

Visitor Services

Visitor Services

Stephanie Kolbe

Doug Kolbe

Myron Spindler

Young Artists

Visitor Services

Youth Livestock Judging

Samantha Evans

Christina Spencer

Youth Livestock Judging

Youth Livestock Judging

Youth Livestock Judging

Ben Jensen

Bryan Rypka

Zach VonRuden

4-H Extension

Youth Livestock Judging

4-H Extension

Kesley Erf

Tracy Ignaszewski

Joleen Koenig

Steele County Commissioners

Jim Abbe

James Brady

James Brady

James Brady

James Brady

James Brady

John Glynn

James Brady

Greg Krueger

Greg Krueger

Josh Prokopec

Greg Krueger

Josh Prokopec

Josh Prokopec

Josh Prokopec

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Steele County Free Fair

1525 South Cedar Avenue, Owatonna, Minnesota 55060, United States

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