Great Northern Fair loses truck pull event

The sponsor of the annual truck pull held at the local fair said Tuesday that event is going away this year.

"It's official, " Bill Mangold said when asked if he was canceling the event.

The next question for the Hill County Fair Board is what to do with the Saturday slot — representatives of both the Havre Jaycees and the local rodeo association said they would like to take that time, and fairgrounds manager Tim Solomon said another event could be brought in, and also suggested that it could lead to having Saturday as the last day of the fair.

The truck pull has been the grandstand event for...