Board members consider shutting down fairgrounds

The finance committee arm of the Great Northern Fair Board will hold a special meeting soon to discuss ways to keep open or shut down the Great Northern Fairgrounds.

A time and place for the special meeting had not been set at the end of discussing the future of the fair during the fair board’s monthly meeting Tuesday in the Hill County Courthouse.

During the meeting, board members frustratedly talked about the financial state of the fairgrounds and as it relates to the annual fair.

“We’re in an emergency condition,” board member Scott Doney said. “We’re being asked to run a...