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Annual summer event runs through Sunday in Central City

Jun. 27, 2024 6:31 pm

Lucas Workman (left), 6, reacts as his 6-year-old friend Baylor Hanson’s cookie stack crumbles as time is called during the Thursday cookie stacking competition at the Linn County Fair in Central City. The fair continues through Sunday, with the livestock auction at 9 a.m. Monday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) — Lucas Workman (left), 6, reacts as his 6-year-old friend Baylor Hanson’s cookie stack crumbles as time is called during the Thursday cookie-stacking competition at the Linn County Fair in Central City. The fair continues through Sunday, with the livestock auction at 9 a.m. Monday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Parker Martin, 9, of Springville, is on edge as his cookie stack is counted Thursday during the cookie-stacking competition at the Linn County Fair in Central City. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Megan Wolter smiles as she rides the teacups with her 4-year-old son, Henry Wolter, at the Linn County Fair in Central City. A schedule of fair events can be found at thelinncountyfair.com. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Makenzie Zumbach (left), 6, watches as her brother Asher, 3, of Anamosa, snags a fish in a carnival game Thursday at the Linn County Fair in Central City. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Kaden Davis, 7, of Atkins, tries to convince his calf, Coconut, to move forward as his grandmother, Tammy Vavricek, helps matters along Thursday at the Linn County Fair in Central City. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Jackson Frein, 5, of Ely, fishes out a gummy worm while competing in the Slurpin’ for Worms competition Thursday at the Linn County Fair in Central City. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A goat bleats as it waits to be groomed Thursday at the Linn County Fair in Central City. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

London Timp, 8, of Urbana, laughs as she rides the swings Thursday at the Linn County Fair in Central City. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tucker Klima, 16, of Alburnett, grooms his cows Thursday in the cattle barn at the Linn County Fair in Central City. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Sofia Roth (center), 9, of Walker, concentrates as she stacks cookies during the cookie-stacking competition at the Linn County Fair in Central City. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Little Mr. Linn County Lincoln Zumbach, 7, of Coggon, stacks cookies during cookie-stacking contest Thursday at the Linn County Fair in Central City. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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