Health problems prompt Jilot resignation from fair board

Calvin Jilot resigned his position on the Great Northern Fair board five months after being brought on by the county.

Jilot, who is also a member of both the Chippewa Cree Business Committee and the Box Elder school board, said Thursday during a Business Committee meeting that he stepped down from the fair board as a result of unspecified “health issues.”

He would not go into further detail about what those issues were.

Jilot said he notified the board’s other six members by email the week before.

Hill County Commissioner Jeff LaVoi said he had hoped Jilot could have stayed on and that the ope...