Lafayette County Fair Receives Grant, Plans Memorials

The Lafayette County Fair recently received a $3,000 grant from Compeer Financial. Fair Manager Kari Ruf says the grant will be used to repair wooden posts in the hog barn at the fairgrounds, and hopes the work can be completed before this year’s fair. The fair also received $500 from the memorial fund for the late Wayne Wilson. Wilson served as a Lafayette County supervisor and County Board Chairman. He died on February 17th. The Fair Committee will use $100 of the memorial for a bench at the fairgrounds in tribute to Wilson. The fair committee also approved two additional benches, including a memorial tribute to Jolante Olson who served as fair secretary from 1997 to 2019. She died on October 2nd.