LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The Nebraska State Fair is returning to its rural roots as organizers prepare for a second year in Grand Island. Organizers say they are placing more emphasis now on farm animals, equipment and the rural lifestyle featured in traditional Midwestern state fairs. The fair will still feature concerts and rides when the gates open Friday in Grand Island. Vendors will sell corn dogs, funnel cakes and chocolate-covered bacon. But organizers say they want to attract more farm families from rural central and western Nebraska. The fair was staged at State Fair Park in Lincoln for more than a century, but was moved last year to make way for a University of Nebraska high-tech research park at the old fairgrounds. The fair runs through Labor Day.
Nebraska State Fair circles back to rural roots
