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Al Iho was the best of nine competitors in the first Trivia Game Show at the Alger County Fair. The Trenary native won a 50” flatscreen television and $55 in gift certificates for winning his qualifying round and the final competition.

Speed events greatly increased for the county fair this year at the renovated horse arena. High point award winners were broken into three different divisions. Leah Moisio took the 5-13 division, Tara LeClair took the 14-18 division and Brooke Harris won the 19+ division. High point awards were given to the riders who had the most accumulated points in each age division across both days of running, according to organizers.

Cory Mallory won the photography of the year contest for the second year in a row with this stunning scene of a helicopter over the smoldering grounds of a forest fire with the sun setting in the background.

Lindsey Slifka won the Alger County Fair’s 2023 Homemaker of the Year award. It was her first time winning the top accolade for exhibitors.

This is a copy of the winning essay in the 2023 Grandparents of the Year contest, written by Ella Viau. My name is Ella Viau and this year, along with my siblings and cousins, we would like to nominate our Grandparents Betty and Cecil Martin.

The annual Little Miss Pageant brought 37 competitors from around Alger County to the main stage of the fair on Friday, Aug. 4. Divided into four age-based divisions, the girls performed a group musical number before individual presentations.

The annual Chatham Homecoming Queen competition was Saturday, August 5 on the main stage at the Alger County Fair. Three girls competed for the title this year.

Hiawatha National Forest’s Supervisor, Shannon Rische, has announced the selection of Nate Carle as the District Ranger for the Munising Ranger District in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. “We are so happy to welcome Nate to this important leadership position in the Hiawatha’s West Zone,” Rische said.

The annual firefighters competition was won by the hometown crowd, as the Rock River Township Volunteer Fire Department defeated Au Train Township and Munising Township for the title. Set up in a round robin, the RRVFD beat both townships to take the victory. All three departments celebrated the opportunity to compete on Sunday, Aug. 6 in front of the fair crowd.