Commissioners envision new fairground

DAVENPORT--The Lincoln County Commissioners are starting to collect bids for improvement projects at the county fairgrounds that they hope will make the short list for legislative funding in 2021.

Several of the fairground buildings are showing their age and need torn down or fixed, said Lincoln County Commissioner Scott Hutsell.

"Some of our buildings are really showing their age and we would like to make improvements to the fairgrounds so it can be multi-use," Hutsell said. "We are collecting bids on the various projects in order to estimate some total replacement costs."

At their July 20 me...