Sheep are shown at the 2016 Washington County Fair. Photo by Sally Y. Hart

The Washington County Fair is less than four weeks away and a big deadline is July 1st for entries.

County fair livestock entries and state fair livestock entries must be submitted online by July 1st. Also, communication event registrations for educational presentations, share the fun, work exhibits and extemporaneous speaking are due the end of next week. Pride of Iowa registration, surprise design flower arrangement registration, pet project manuals, and club hay bale contest registration also have July 1 deadlines. Click here to see the 2017 county fairbook and other forms. And visit the KCII Big Red Radio at the Washington County Fair July 16-21.