by Alisa Nelson | Aug 10, 2023 | News
The smell of mouth-watering barbecue will be in the air Friday at the Missouri State Fair. The “Show-Me Tailgate Throwdown” Barbecue Contest will bring together competitors from Missouri for year-long bragging rights. Tiffany Dowell, the superintendent of the contest,...
by [email protected] | Jul 24, 2023 | News, Show Me Today
The Missouri State Fair is right around the corner. Missourinet’s Alisa Nelson and Brownfield’s Cyndi Young talk to Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Chris Chinn and Missouri State Fair Director Mark Wolfe about what’s new at this year’s...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 14, 2023 | News, Politics / Govt
The next leader of the Missouri State Fair will have some large cowboy boots to fill. After 14 years on the job, Director Mark Wolfe is retiring. “I wrote my letter to him and tore it up 19 times over the last six months and tossed it around in my mind is this the...
by [email protected] | Feb 7, 2023 | News, Show Me Today
A Missouri bill that would designate corn dogs as the official food of the Missouri State Fair is getting some bipartisan support, opposition – and a whole lot of puns. Alisa Nelson talks to State Representative Ian Mackey, who says his legislation brings people...
by Alisa Nelson | Feb 6, 2023 | News
A Missouri lawmaker loves corn dogs so much that he is proposing a bill that would make them the official food of the Missouri State Fair.State Rep. Ian Mackey, D-St. Louis, is the bill sponsor. He admits that the point of the legislation is to bring lawmakers...