The Auglaize County Fairgrounds will host the 174th county fair from Aug. 2 to Aug. 8, with its theme of "Freedom, Family, Red, White and Fair."

OHIO (WLIO) - Governor Mike DeWine will be distributing nearly 10 million dollars to support all 94 of the state's county and independent fairs.

While at the governor's briefing this week, our Eran Hami brought back some insight into county fairs as the season approaches. The first county fair is in about four weeks and DeWine still awaits guidance from his fair advisory group on how to conduct them safely. His main instruction to the group is to preserve the junior fair because they are the heart of the event. The state has furloughed ride inspectors and liaisons to the fairs. DeWine says they could always bring inspectors back if that's the route they go. Each fair could look different as we move through the summer.