(Aurora, IN) – It was a South Ripley sweep of the Aurora Farmers Fair King and Queen contest on Wednesday evening.
Seniors Brady Begley and Gia Nordhoff were named King and Queen on the event’s opening night.
They each received a $1,000 scholarship from Ivy Tech Community College.
Begley is just the second South Ripley student to be crowned King at the Aurora Farmers Fair since the contest started in 1966, and the first since Landon Saylor won the contest in 2024.
Nordhoff is the sixth Farmers Fair Queen from the Home of the Raiders. and the first since Erin Yocum wore the crown in 2000.
The Aurora Farmer’s Fair runs through Saturday, October 3.
