Events for January 31, 2025

On June 23, the Attorney General’s Office received the summary language for the “Nursing Facility Patients’ Bill of Rights.” The proposed amendment would also be known as “Carolyn’s Law” and require the Ohio Department of Health and the Ohio Board of Nursing to establish regulations that set minimum staffing levels for nurses and certified nursing assistants [...]

Visit our “Giant!” Our “Giant” Sasquatch was built onsite during the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. His forever home is located at the Main Gate of the Fairgrounds (open all day) and is handicap accessible for everyone to view! Here are some cool facts about the “Giant”! There is a Naming Contest happening on our Facebook Page. [...]

Fairgrounds History In 1846, the Ohio Legislature passed an act for the encouragement of the organization of agricultural societies. The first fair under the auspices of the new organization was held at the old courthouse on October 19 and 20, 1848, but the present Muskingum County Agricultural Society numbers its fair from the passage of the [...]