The fair drew large crowds for its first day Aug. 21, with plenty of new food, drinks, rides and entertainment to enjoy.

No time for extensive show notes—this is an emergency! Listen to all four Racket owner/editors gab for an hour-plus about all the Minnesota State Fair official new foods we gobbled Thursday. Gov. Tim ...

There's a new food alert at the Minnesota Farmers Union Coffee Shop. There are two new pastries with two different flavors.

Of the 70 new drinks at the fair, 15% are at LuLu's. Add in neighbors like Blue Barn and West End Brews, and a third of the ...