The Dubuque County supervisors voted Monday to sell the county fairgrounds to the local fair association, settling months of back-and-forth over the property’s ownership. According to the Telegraph Herald, John Bries, general manager of Dubuque County Fair Association, has been asking county leaders for a permanent fix to the association’s lack of a lease since October 2024. All that remains is for the county to officially deed the property to the association. Now that the fair association is set to own the property, Bries hopes association leaders can make necessary improvements more easily. The organization is looking to update the fairgrounds’ barns and make improvements to several buildings.
