photo by: Mike Yoder

Brooklynn Leming, a Kanwaka 4-H Club member, left, shows her mini Rex rabbit to Tenley Madl, 3, during the rabbit show Wednesday, July 30, at the 2025 Douglas County Fair.

The Douglas County Fair was getting into full swing Wednesday with animal, flower, crop, quilting and other competitions.

The fair runs through Saturday at the Douglas County Fairgrounds at 19th and Harper streets. See a full schedule of fair events at dgcountyfair.com/.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Kason Crawford, 9, Palmyra 4-H member, visits with the judge while showing his dairy cow Villete during the Dairy Cow Showmanship competition Wednesday, July 30, at the 2025 Douglas County Fair. Crawford was awarded the Level 1 Champion Showman.

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A 4-H member leads her 2025 Douglas County Fair beef entry from inside the shade of the Community Building into the bright sun Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at the Douglas County Fair.

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Elise Perry-Parker, 9, Kanwaka 4-H member, walks her Boer goat Vanilla around the Open Pavilion Wednesday, July 30, at the 2025 Douglas County Fair.

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A game of cards helps 4-H members pass the time between events Wednesday, July 30, at the 2025 Douglas County Fair.

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Haylie Fishburn, 6, a Lone Star 4-H member, rests on Zeke, an Angus steer, Wednesday, July 30, at the 2025 Douglas County Fair.

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Visitors to the fair view open class flowers and 4-H crops and horticulture exhibits on display in Building 21 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds Wednesday, July 30, 2025.

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This quilt by Shari Novak-Johnson won Open Class Grand Champion in the combined quilt class at the 2025 Douglas County Fair.

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Lainey Culp, 10, a Lone Star 4-H Club member, lets Red Angus “Fancy” lick water from a hose during a bath Wednesday, July 30, at the 2025 Douglas County Fair.

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4-H members, wearing green shirts, let visitors to the fair handle a goat between events Wednesday, July 30, at the 2025 Douglas County Fair.

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Henry Lister, 8, a member of the Vinland Valley 4-H Club, holds his blue ribbon in the breeze after participating in the rabbit show Wednesday, July 30, at the 2025 Douglas County Fair.

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Three young 4-H participants watch as the judge studies their rabbit entries in competition Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at the 2025 Douglas County Fair.