10 Years Ago – July 21, 2016
By Ray Kappel, news editor--A reader asked me to do a story on the history of the Grandstand at the fairgrounds in Pawnee City. I tried but came up short on anything written down about it in any detail. I did find that it was around in 1937. I found plenty on the 1937 fair. The senate icon Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry was the leader of the fair in the 20s and 30s, which is pr…