the great Minnesota get-together wrapped up yesterday and the final attendance count is in over the 12-day event the Minnesota State Fair saw its six best attended year with over 1.8 million people last year saw just under 7 000 more people attend the fair the highest attended Day this year was the first Saturday with over 212 000 people the lowest Daily Number the state fair saw this year was the opening Thursday at about 106 000 attendees this year also saw good things come in three with the visit Bemidji with visit bemidji's third year also earning them a best award recognition from the fair Lakeland news is member supported content please consider supporting Lakeland news today