Blaine County Fair looks at building indoor arena

The Blaine County Fair Foundation was started at the end of last year to support the county fair and to make improvements on the grounds, including building an indoor arena for use all year round, a representative of the foundation said.

The indoor arena, the most ambitious of the foundation's goals, would cost about $200,000, foundation Secretary Laura Kleinjan said Tuesday. The fundraising has just begun, Kleinjan said, adding that she anticipates it may take about a year to raise that kind of money.

The county already owns the parts to make the building. The unassembled building was donated...