Northern Wisconsin State Fair wraps up Sunday

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) – After almost per week of carnival rides, video games, meals and, in fact, a lot of smiles, the 2022 Northern Wisconsin State Honest ended Sunday.

“It’s actually nice. It’s at all times a enjoyable time,” mentioned Preston Koehler.

“It’s been fairly nice popping out right here and seeing every little thing. It’s simply cool as a result of every little thing’s eye-catching and the odor and the texture of every little thing and at all times being out within the scorching climate. It’s all a part of the honest. It simply makes it what it’s,” mentioned Sawyer Strey.

Each Koehler and Strey are 15-year-olds from Fall Creek. They’ve been coming to the Northern Wisconsin State Honest since they had been little.

“It’s at all times good to maintain the custom and it’s simply good to go along with the household and stuff,” Koehler mentioned.

The 2 associates aren’t the one ones who made it again to the honest in 2022.

Honest Govt Director Rusty Volk mentioned after record-breaking 2021 attendance numbers, with greater than 110,000 individuals exhibiting up all through the week, he thinks the 2022 honest might have comparable figures. This 12 months, the honest added an additional day, starting Tuesday.

“We’ve had nice crowds, nice afternoon crowds,” he mentioned. “The carnival has been doing a fantastic job of attempting to maintain the traces down. Folks have been popping out all weekend lengthy.”

Volk mentioned he ought to have official numbers quickly.

Whereas attendance could not have modified so much, what individuals had been doing on the was totally different this 12 months.

“What I’ve witnessed, although, is with the financial system the best way it’s, inflation, persons are actually being much more aware as to the place their spending is, whether or not or not it’s on the meals, video games, a few of these gadgets, as a result of it’s costing all people just a little extra,” Volk mentioned.

However inflation considerations weren’t going to cease honest goers from making extra lasting reminiscences.

“If you stroll in it simply hits you. It’s the sentimental a part of it, it’s the texture of it, and particularly being with family and friends. That’s what makes it what it’s,” Strey mentioned. “It’s the honest and that’s why individuals come again yearly.”

Volk mentioned he’s already planning for the 2023 honest.

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