{"id":455575,"date":"2026-09-06T18:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T18:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455575\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T18:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T18:12:10","slug":"los-angeles-woman-flies-home-to-join-dad-for-his-75th-minnesota-state-fair-national-and-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455575\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles woman flies home to join dad for his 75th Minnesota State Fair | National and World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO<\/a>) — On one of its last few days, one woman flew home to spend a few magical moments at the Great Minnesota Get-Together.<\/p>\n

Emily Schmidt lives in Los Angeles, but surprised her dad, Larry Schmidt, at his St. Louis Park home on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

To Emily Schmidt, every penny of that ticket to take her dad to the fair was worth it.<\/p>\n

“I was surprised,” Larry told WCCO. “I had no idea. I see her standing there and I’m like, ‘What’s this all about?'”<\/p>\n

Larry Schmidt is 85. They hadn’t seen each other since March.<\/p>\n

“I’m excited to spend the day together; it’s so much fun,” said Emily Schmidt.<\/p>\n

This year marks Larry Schmidt’s 75th Great Minnesota Get-Together.<\/p>\n

“They add new things, and all of that, but it was still the same big excitement, big crowds,” said Larry Schmidt.<\/p>\n

“The fair has always been about family. We have cousins that show cows,” Emily Schmidt added.<\/p>\n

With traditions like this, the Schmidts celebrate the little things in life.<\/p>\n

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