COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Final preparations are underway at the Branch County Fairgrounds for this year’s Branch County Fair, which starts a week from Sunday.
The annual Fair Parade through downtown Coldwater is set for 4:00 p.m. Saturday, August 4, 2018.
Fair Manager Jan Murphy says the deadline for those who want to be in the parade is this Friday.
Kinderhook Township Supervisor Wayne Barnes will be the Grand Marshall of the parade. Barnes has served on the Kinderhook Township Board since 1995 and as a township supervisor for six years. For over 30 years Barnes has served on the Lakeland Volunteer Fire Board, the FSA Board of Directors for nine years, he has been a member of the Farm Bureau Oil Board Directors for eight years and a member of the Amphitheater Committee for over 30 years.
In his youth, Barnes was a Branch County 4-H member for eight years, showing cattle and wood working.
The 89th annual Branch County Fair officially opens Sunday, August 5 and will run until August 11.
