All hail the queen.

Clay County Fair Queen Linnea Bloom that is. Bloom was crowned by 2023 Queen Kamden Van Gelder in front of a live audience Sunday evening at the Clay County Regional Events Center. The transition concluding a day of interviews and events designated to help a team of three judges — including Iowa State Fair Queen Kalayna Durr — pick the winner and runner-up, Aubrie Stell, of Spencer.