![Gates Have Opened for Another Run of the Minnesota State Fair](http://townsquare.media/site/669/files/2018/08/princ_kay.png?w=300&h=200&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89&w=980&q=75)
Gates Have Opened for Another Run of the Minnesota State Fair
Falcon Heights, MN(KROC AM News) - The 12-day run of the 2018 Minnesota State Fair began Thursday morning.
An all-time attendance record of nearly 2-million was set last year.
The annual custom of crowning a new Princess Kay of the Milky Way took place at the fairgrounds Wednesday night.
Crowned the new princess was 20-year-old Rebekka Paskewitz of Browerville, who represented Todd County. Blaize Dankers of Plainview, representing Wabasha County, and Korissa Lindquist of Kerkhoven were runners-up. Julia Mullenbach of Rose Creek, representing Mower County, was one of three contestants to win a scholarship.
The first official duty for the new princess will be sitting in a large, rotating cooler as she has her likeness sculpted in a 90-pound block of butter.
The first person to enter the grounds was Ginger Johnson of Apple Valley, who was wearing a very non-Minnesota shirt.
More From KFIL
![Would You Stay at This Haunted Hotel in Southeast Minnesota?](http://townsquare.media/site/717/files/2018/10/attachment-runnyrem-LfqmND-hym8-unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![The Pioneer Power Spring Swap Meet/Flea Market Is Happening In 2021](http://townsquare.media/site/684/files/2019/04/Pioneer-Power-Swap-meet.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Paradise Center for the Arts Has First Music Concert in Months](http://townsquare.media/site/685/files/2021/04/PCA-Concert-Poster.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Best Pie Shop In Southeast Minnesota Is Back Open!](http://townsquare.media/site/715/files/2018/05/pie.png?w=980&q=75)
![Top 10 Potentially Hazardous Toys of the 2019 Holiday Season](http://townsquare.media/site/717/files/2019/11/RS2940_100297391.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Southeast Minnesota-Made Christmas Movie Set to Air Nationwide](http://townsquare.media/site/719/files/2018/12/Love-Always-Santa.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Minnesota High School Prep Bowl 2019 Broadcast Schedule](http://townsquare.media/site/716/files/2019/08/High-School-Football-TSM-SE1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![20 Years Ago: Johnny Cash Dies](http://townsquare.media/site/623/files/2013/09/Johnny-Cash.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Latest Ranking Show Vikings Play In Best Stadium In NFL](http://townsquare.media/site/164/files/2019/04/GettyImages-1054816368-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)