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As always, MontanaFair will have some famous names on the event line up. Like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blue Oyster Cult, and country crooner Martina McBride. Those will no doubt be great shows, but don't underestimate the entertainment value in the not-so-famous category: The talent show...

Most men seem to think they're a pro on the grill even if they're not so great in the kitchen. It might actually be true for some, but only a select few have the skills to back up the talk and they get paid handsomely for it. This year, the Montana State BBQ competition heads to MontanaFair and gives area grill masters a chance to shine...

Montana Fair is coming in August and one of my favorite yearly rituals is to get a grease soaked sack of deep fried cheese curds from a pimply faced teenager on the midway. Over the years carnival venders have battered and dipped almost everything into boiling oil in an attempt to thin the herd of fair goers via heart failure...

This summer, plenty of country music fans will both remember and mourn the Indiana State Fair tragedy. In August of 2011, the fair stage collapsed before a Sugarland performance, killing seven people and injuring dozens more. Since the accident, Sugarland’s Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles have been wrapped up in depositions and legal proceedings for a trial that will determine who is responsibl

The focus of the Sugarland lawsuit concerning the August stage collapse at the duo’s Indiana State Fair show is now turned away from the band and instead pointed at their tour manager, Hellen Rollens — the very woman credited with saving the lives of every band member that tragic day.

Sugarland was scheduled to begin their video deposition today (April 12) concerning the August 13 Indiana State Fair tragedy and the lawsuits suggesting that they resisted delaying the start of their show. Since the collapse that killed seven and injured dozens more, fingers have been pointed at everyone from Sugarland to Mid-America Sound Corp, the company that owned the stage and the light riggi

Sugarland have long been embroiled in a lawsuit surrounding the August 13, 2011 stage collapse at their show at the Indiana State Fair. Now, responding to lawsuits coming at them, they’re claiming one last time that the incident, which left seven dead and more than 40 injured, was not their fault.

As courts decide who’s to blame, who to fine and how to learn from the tragic stage collapse that occurred minutes before Sugarland was scheduled to take the stage at the Indiana State Fair last August, one fair executive claims the band resisted any delay in their show.

Sadly, there will always be a few bad apples who attempt to make selfish gains from the misfortune of others. Thankfully, in this case, two women who made false claims in order to get free money following the Indiana State Fair stage collapse have been caught — and are being charged.

When it comes to food at the state fair, there’s one abiding rule that all vendors must adhere to: If you fry it, they will come. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Iowa State Fair’s life size butter cow, Larry Fyfe is offering up a fitting fair treat treat — deep fried butter on a stick.

MontanaFair is finally here, and with the fair comes fair food! The fair just wouldn’t be the fair without all of that deep-fried goodness. Sure, there will be lots of entertainment there, like Eddie Money, 38 Special, 3 Days Grace, Dierks Bentley and many other acts wandering the fairground. There will be rides, games, 4-H events and rodeos. There will even be the opportunity to interact with