Interviews were held Tuesday at the Cass County Community Center to help determine who will be the 2018 Cass County Fair Queen and King. Seventeen area youth appeared before the judges individually and in group settings, in hopes of being selected. Fair Royalty (King, Queen, Prince and Princess) will be chosen during the Fair on July 26th, beginning at 7:30-p.m., just before the Little Miss and Little Mister contest at 7-p.m.

Pictured are 2018 candidates for the Cass County Fair King and Queen (front row, left to right) Madison Mills, Claire Smith, Nicole Eilts, Katie York and Alyssa Brockob; (second row) Tyler Comes, Haley Becker, Emily Saeugling, Teaguen Sothman, Sidney Aupperle, Myra Rubio and Nathan Behrends; and (third row) Cale Pellett, Mitchell Williamson, Caleb Schmidt, Kaleb Venteicher, and Tate DenBeste. ** Photo by Sue Fischer used with permission.

Among the male candidates, was  Cale Pellett, Mitchell Williamson, Kaleb Venteicher, Cale Schmidt, Nathan Behrends, Tate DenBeste, Teaguen Sothman, and Tyler Comes. Female candidates included Myah Rubio, Madison Mills, Haley Backer, Nicole Eilts, Claire Smith, Katie York, Emily Saeugling, Sidney Aupperle, and Alyssa Brockob. Last year’s Fair Royalty included: Princess – Paige Henderson; Prince – Cody McCreedy; King – Riley Smith, and Queen – Mariah Murphy. The title of Little Miss went to Leah Ohms, and Cooper Anderson was named Little Mister during the 2017 Cass County Fair.