Your complete guide to Day 6 at the Minnesota State Fair

A very special fan joined the WCCO gang at the fair Tuesday. Hollywood star Josh Duhamel came by to tell us about his new show on CBS called "Buddy Games." And the 4 crew had a chance to try some Buddy Games for themselves!

Landing a spot at the Minnesota State Fair as a vendor can catapult a business. But getting there is a process that can take years.

Seven new food vendors and about 40 new merchants and exhibitors are making a name for themselves at the fair in 2023.

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The giant pumpkin competition at the Minnesota State Fair may be the most well-known, but there's about 150 different categories in the vegetable and potato competition. 

Visitors can see the winning produce at the Agriculture Horticulture Building throughout the fair.

Phil Klint oversees the competition as the Superintendent of Vegetables and Potatoes.

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 It could very likely be the most important new item at this year's fair.

If you look around the fair, there are a lot of people who use wheelchairs and many have nowhere to use the restroom in privacy. But while there are changing tables for kids, until now older kids or adults have had to be changed on the ground.

Motivated mothers have already passed a law to get adult changing tables in new-build public buildings. This year, they got them at Minnesota's most public event for the first time ever. It was an emotional moment for both.

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 Veterans from all over the state gathered at the fairgrounds to be honored for their service, and to reunite with their comrades.

This year, it was a special tribute to Vietnam veterans. They marched through the fair to be recognized. It was a welcome they didn't receive when they returned from war.

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Our team members tried their special chocolate chip cookie recipe, confident that its special ingredient would give them an advantage in the annual competition.

Of all the guesses as to what that ingredient could be, we loved Esme Murphy's best: "Is there marijuana in it?"

We couldn't have Josh Duhamel live at our WCCO State Fair booth without having him oversee a few good-natured games! The first game we challenged some of our audience members to was a round of "Pin the Bugle on Josh."

Next, we put our own Jeff Wagner and Erin Hassanzadeh in front of a whole lot of "dirty laundry" (hint: it's clean) to see who from our audience could toss more into the basket, and not on our anchors' faces. It was a mixed basket but tons of fun!

Josh Duhamel and his childhood bestie Bob dropped into the Minnesota State Fair ahead of the launch of the new reality competition game show "Buddy Games." Naturally, our team with WCCO's The 4 decided to challenge them to a contest in the fair's Mighty Midway. Who came out on top with the novelty-sized giant plush prize? You'll have to see below.

Day 5 at the 2023 Minnesota State Fair trumped the past two first Mondays, but it fell short of the record set in 2017 by about 10,000 visitors. 

Dan O'Gara gives us a taste of the new offerings at the fair's signature Irish pub.

Jasmine and Katie show off the fruits of their creative labor.

Creative activities superintendent Tony Schwandt talks about the art on display at the fair.

There is plenty to see and do on day six of the fair.

Take a sneak peek at the newly remodeled Oink Booth inside the Swine Barn.