Lyla Murphy, 7, rides the swings at the Winona County Fair in St. Charles on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Post Bulletin)
The annual Rochesterfest Grand Parade takes place on Saturday, June 28, 2025 in Rochester. (Post Bulletin)
Bennett Ignash, 4, holds a monarch butterfly inside the butterfly tent during the Quarry Hill Monarch Festival on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 in Rochester. (Post Bulletin)
Stella Grove, 11, shows her pig, Ozzy, to Grayden Schwanz, 2, and his grandparents, Tammie Freeman Sime and John Sime at the Goodhue County Fair on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025 in Zumbrota. Grove is showing Ozzy as part of 4-H. (Post Bulletin)
Valeria Moctezuma, 6, plays in a foam pit during Rochesterfest on Saturday, June 28, 2025 in Rochester. (Post Bulletin)
A baby calf lies in the sunshine at the Dodge County Free Fair on Saturday, July 19, 2025 in Kasson. (Post Bulletin)
The ferris wheel at the Dodge County Free Fair is pictured on Saturday, July 19, 2025 in Kasson. (Post Bulletin)
Haiden Deegan sprays fans with champagne after earning first place in the 250 class at the Spring Creek Pro National Motocross Championship on Saturday, July 12, 2025 in Millville. (Post Bulletin)
Charlotte Schley, 7, leads a cow out of the milking area at the Dodge County Free Fair on Saturday, July 19, 2025 in Kasson. Schley is a novice shower and it is her first year helping out at the fair. (Post Bulletin)
Eliza Marshall and Janea Gaston enjoy a carnival ride at the Olmsted County Fair on Saturday, July 26, 2025 in Rochester. (Post Bulletin)
Emmanuel Ragwar, 5, cools off with some water Lincolnshire Splash Pad on Saturday, July 27, 2025 in Rochester. (Post Bulletin)
Wesley Naumann, 4, watches Ricky Sarran light a sparkler during Rochester's 4th Fest at Soldiers Field Park on Friday, July 4, 2025 in Rochester. (Post Bulletin)
Kenyatta Garrett, 10, flies a kite near the Lincolnshire Splash Pad on Saturday, July 27, 2025 in Rochester. (Post Bulletin)
People enjoy the Dodge County Free Fair on Saturday, July 19, 2025 in Kasson. (Post Bulletin)
Cowboys talk while they watch people compete at the Bucking Wild Big Hat Rodeo at the Olmsted County Fair on Thursday, July 24, 2025 in Rochester. (Post Bulletin)
Sheep are held in a holding pen for children to use for mutton busting during the Great Frontier Bull Riding at the Wabasha County Fair on Friday, August 1, 2025 in Wabasha. (Post Bulletin)
Hazel Lugmamn, Evy Lexvold and Abigail Sievers cool off in the shade under a large tractor at the Goodhue County Fair on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025 in Zumbrota. (Post Bulletin)
John Halsey shows a participant the correct way to hold a bird before release at Quarry Hill Nature Center on Sunday, August 3, 2025 in Rochester. Quarry Hill hosts a monthly bird banding event which is open to the public with registration. They catch, band and release birds for record-keeping and research. (Post Bulletin)
Pickle-Off judge Joey Browner judges one of the pickle varieties submitted at the Third Annual Pickle-Off at the Four Sisters Farmer's Market in Minneapolis on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. at Four Sisters Farmers Market in Minneapolis on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. Judges rate the anonymously submitted pickles based on a list of scoring criteria. (MPR News)