ESCANABA–The 97th Annual U.P. was held last week in Escanaba. The annual event opened Aug. 11 with the Royalty Pageant, an annual event that showcases talent and beauty in a way that only the U.P. State Fair can–by awarding girls and young women who are involved personally in agriculture through exhibiting their livestock.

The 2025 U.P. State Fair Queen was Mayce Hanson of Cornell. Hanson is a recent graduate of Gladstone High School and will be a freshman at Bay College in the fall, where she plans to study criminal justice in hopes of being a state police detective. She is also vice president of 906 Livestock. This is her tenth year exhibiting at the Fair, with a market steer this year.

The first runner-up in the Queen category was Charlee Klink of Garden, who is entering her senior ye

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