Day County Fair Board member Harvey Opitz is celebrating his 40 years on the fair board and after the decades of hard work, the state has officially recognized Aug. 8, 2026 as Harvey Opitz Day.
Opitz was appointed to the Day County Fair Board Feb. 18, 1986 and over the past 40 years, he has helped the fair grow into the event we see today. According to Opitz, this announcement came as a complete su…