Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
STEPH PESTKA rides her horse, Zoey, while rounding the corner during the barrel race competition for the youth horse show at the Iron County Fair Friday afternoon.
SAXON, Wis. - Sounds of children laughing and cows mooing filled the air in Saxon Friday to mark the beginning of the 89th annual Iron County Fair.
Under sunny skies, children played traditional carnival games. With a smile on his face, Alexander Kundinger, 6, of Hudson, rode the merry-go-round with his grandfather, Jimmy Francis. Elsewhere, Mason Bendixen slid down the giant colorful slide.
Cows mooed in the barn as 4-H beef animals were judged. With careful consideration, judge Russel Rindsig awarded Brodie Erickson's steer, Moonica, the Best Beef Animal of the Fair.
Rindsig said he liked Mo...
