Several piglets and a sow were resting across the 4-H building on the Mower County Fairgrounds as exhibitors were slowly displaying their livestock and contest entries on Monday. The Mower County Free Fair starts today and will run until Sunday, Aug. 11. Hannah Yang/hannah.yang@austindailyherald.com

Ruth Paulson, a member of the Flower/Horticulture Club, helps display various horticulture entries for judging on Monday before the Mower County Free Fair begins this week. Hannah Yang/hannah.yang@austindailyherald.com

Steffanie Stundahl helps prep the rabbit cages for the 4-H entries on Monday at the Mower County Fairgrounds. The Mower County Free Fair starts today. Hannah Yang/hannah.yang@austindailyherald.com

Ruth Paulson arranges some onions that were submitted for judging as entires into the horticulture contest on Monday at the Mower County Fairgrounds. Hannah Yang/hannah.yang@austindailyherald.com

Nick Schiltz, ag science instructor at Riverland Community College, interviews a student who entered into the 4-H competition on Monday at the Mower County Fairgrounds. The Mower County Free Fair starts today and goes until Sunday, Aug. 11. Hannah Yang/hannah.yang@austindailyherald.com

The Mower County Fairgrounds was hustling with activity, as volunteers, judges and contest entrants, were busy setting up exhibits and displays on Monday. The Mower County Free Fair starts today and will go until Sunday, Aug. 11. Hannah Yang/hannah.yang@austindailyherald.com

Sophie Ekins, 6, of Blooming Prairie, watches a litter of piglets congregate around their mother on the Mower County Fairgrounds. The Mower County Free Fair starts today and runs until Sunday, Aug. 11. Hannah Yang/hannah.yang@austindailyherald.com

Visitors to the Mower County Fairgrounds examine project entries created by 4-H students for the Mower County Free Fair on Monday. The fair starts today and runs through Sunday, Aug. 11. Hannah Yang/hannah.yang@austindailyherald.com

Ruth Paulson assists a competitor who was submitting their horticulture entry at the Mower County Fairgrounds on Monday. The Mower County Free Fair runs through Sunday, Aug. 11. Hannah Yang/hannah.yang@austindailyherald.com

Rylan Clark, 15, of Austin, examines the cages that will hold rabbits for contest at the Mower County Free Fair. Volunteers, judges, and contest entrants, were busy Monday setting up as well as holding interviews for a variety of categories. The fair starts today and runs through Sunday, Aug. 11. Hannah Yang/hannah.yang@austindailyherald.com

A rabbit sits in a cage while exhibitors started preparing the Mower County Fairgrounds for the free fair that starts today. The fair runs through Sunday, Aug. 11. Hannah Yang/hannah.yang@austindailyherald.com

Volunteers, judges and exhibitors, prep the Mower County Fairgrounds on Monday for the weeklong Mower County Free Fair. The fair starts today and runs through Sunday, Aug. 11. Hannah Yang/hannah.yang@austindailyherald.com

A group of chicks wander around inside a pen at the Mower County Fairgrounds on Monday. The Mower County Free Fair starts today and runs through Sunday, Aug. 11. Hannah Yang/hannah.yang@austindailyherald.com