WATCH NOW: Country Fest returns with successful day one

“It feels great to be back out here listening to music again,” Helmrick said.

While the return of Country Fest was a celebratory occasion Thursday, the weather almost put a damper on the festivities.

The COVID-19 numbers in Chippewa County have been minimal the past few months, with only a handful of new cases announced each day.

These are acts you could see at an arena in any part of the country, so getting to see them in a corn field in Wisconsin is so cool.

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