North Dakota State Fair

The North Dakota State Fair is on the look-out for all those fair-goin’ farm hands to compete in the 2nd Annual North Country Mercantile Barnyard Olympics on Saturday, July 31. Farm hands will compete  in four events, ranging from wheel borrow racing to animal calling. Points will be given based on placing in each event. Competitors [...]

Little crawlers met today at the SRT State Fair Park to compete in the 1st Annual Diaper Derby. The babies were rearin’ to go and could hardly keep their little hands behind the start line, but once the race started, not all crawlers were so interested in crawling across the big white race track. Parents and [...]

The Horse Pull, sponsored by IRET, is a traditional Fair favorite!  These large draft horses competed to see who could pull the most weight in two different categories, dead weight and percentage.  The arena was packed for this Fair favorite and the results are in… Dead Weight                                    Percentage 1st – Scott Fisher                          1st – Dennis Weinberger [...]

Four amateur cake decorators came to the North Dakota State Fair Center Sunday to showcase their talents. Each of the four contestants brought a different “On the Farm” look to their neatly decorated cakes. The crowd was amazed at how the simple frosted cakes progressively became extravagant over the one hour and thirty minutes that the contestants [...]

Young cowboys and cowgirls will be taking the arena to display their rodeo talents  in several events at the annual Kids’ Showdeo. There are three age divisions (8 & Under, 9 to 12, 13 to 16) and seven different events for these cowboys and cowgirls to compete in. From stick horse races to barrel racing, these young competitors will [...]

Almost 500 runners were up bright and early this morning to participate in our 5K run and the 1.5 run/walk to the Fairgrounds. The turnout was beyond our expectations and included men, women and children of all ages.  The runners kicked off the 2010 North Dakota State Fair Parade which also had a vast amount [...]

Our Teamster pulled their weight today at the Pony Pull! We had a total of 13 teams compete for cash prizes. And the winners are…. 1st – Abbey Fick  206% 2nd – Abbey  205% 3rd – Jesse Azure 201% 4th – Aaron Kenworthy 200% 5th – Dylan Stewart 194% 6th – Logan House 188% 7th [...]

This year’s 2010 Dodgeball Tournament champions are long time players, The Average Joels. These not so average joes have been competing in the tournament since it was created, four years prior and have a quite a few wins under their belt. The Dodgers dodged enough balls to take second place and the returning champions, The Youngest Team Here, [...]

The North Dakota State Fair is looking for the top bakers in the state! Back from 2009 is the First Lady’s Pie Contest. The First Lady will be kicking off the contest in the State Fair Center Lobby at 1 pm on July 24th, and a panel of experienced pie tasters will decide who is going to [...]

Contestant preview number three for the LIVE Amateur Cake Decorating Contest is Tracy Fitzpatrick! Tracy has been baking since before she can remember. She always thought of herself as adventurous with baking because she liked to try complicated recipes and try new things. Tracy continues to challenge herself with complicated recipes for pies and cakes. Within the [...]