MERRILL - It looks like Lincoln County doesn't want to keep its fairgrounds after the county approved a measure on Tuesday offering to sell the property to Merrill.
According to Merrill City Administrator Dave Johnson, Lincoln County would sell the property to the city for $1. The county would also pass along $1.2 million of insurance money from the damaged grandstand, and then Merrill would take everything over from there.
"Which basically means they are abdicating their responsibility for a county fairgrounds," Johnson said. "They haven't maintained it for years. Many of the county board members admit that they haven't maintained it properly."
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