Minnesota’s biggest logging equipment show returned to Itasca County last week. The 70th Annual North Star Expo opened on Friday last week at the Itasca County Fairgrounds in
Grand Rapids. The Expo featured upwards of 100 exhibitors, including over $15 million in the latest logging, trucking, and sawmill equipment and technology. Loggers, vendors, and timber industry representatives from Minnesota and around the Upper Midwest attended, as well as lawmakers, policy makers, and other stakeholders from around the state, making the Expo “the Great Minnesota Logging Get-together.” The 2024 edition of the Expo did not only include equipment displays from the world’s top manufacturers, but also allowed participants to show off their skills and knowledge of the logging business, including the Loader and Master Loader Contests. Other competitions included “Biggest
Tree Cookie,” and “Guess the Weight.” In addition, roughly 200 high school students from around the region attended the North Star Expo as part of the Future Forest Stewards program. Students got a first-hand look at the forest products industry that’s critical to our state’s economy and learned about potential jobs in Minnesota’s working forests. Stayed tuned to KOZY 93.1 FM/1320 AM to hear an exclusive interview with Ray Higgins from the North Star Expo for Today's Topic! Tony Schmid News Director Rapids Radio
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