Fair board talks to grounds manager in closed session

After an early morning special meeting of the Great Northern Fair Board, fairgrounds Manager Dave Brewer said despite issues raised about his performance during the meeting’s executive session, he will stay in his job.

The meeting, which Fair Board Chair Paul McCann said was called at 6:30 a.m. at the fairgrounds to fit the schedules of the seven board members, was called into executive session minutes after it began.

Brewer said after the meeting that it was not a “resounding we want Dave to stay,” but the meeting allowed he and board members to both raise issues.

“I was more...