There's nothing quite like fair season
John Oncken
The 2021 fair season started a couple of weeks ago (June 23-27 at Elroy), and of course I attended the second fair of the season – my favorite fair of all – the Stoughton Fair (June 30-July 4). Would you believe Wisconsin is home to more than 75 county fairs, three district fairs, and of course the Wisconsin State Fair?
My favorite fair
I try to always attend the Stoughton Fair – that’s where us three Oncken kids (me, brother Don and sister Audrey) always exhibited a host of projects over four or five days each summer. Our parents, John and Melva, who provided our project basics from calves to wood, were 4-H leaders.