Third time's a charm? The local Ag Society hopes so

Can you imagine Kimball County without a fair?

That is the question asked by Kimball Ag Society board member Doug Lukassen as he began talking about the ag society’s mill levy request, on ballots again this November, for the third time in four years.

The third time may be a charm, or so the board hopes.

The first time the ag society asked for a mill levy was in the primary election in May 2012 when the same ballot had requests from the proposed High Point Speedway issue, the Historical Society and the Fire Department. According to Lukassen, the fire department was the sole issue to pass....