Minnesota judges are offering free weddings at the Dakota County Fair again this summer.

The tradition started as a Valentine’s Day free wedding event, and last year county fairs got involved, according to Kim Pleticha, director of Public Affairs at the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Pleticha said judges “absolutely love” to marry people.

“It’s a time when the community comes together,” Pleticha said. “The more we can do, the merrier.”

Judges will perform weddings this summer at the Dakota, Goodhue and McLeod county fairs along with the Litchfield Watercade festival. Pleticha said the Goodhue County Fair prepared an outdoor garden area for weddings last year.

“It was just a stunning place to get married in this beautiful garden,” she said.

Interested couples can choose which fair they’d like to be married at, then contact the district court in that county to register. People do not have to live in these counties to get married there.

Here are the wedding options throughout the summer:

• The Litchfield Watercade festival will be July 11. Couples can email watercade.weddings@courts.state.mn.us.

• The Dakota County Fair will be Aug. 4-10. Couples can email 1stDakotaAdmin@courts.state.mn.us.

• The Goodhue County Fair will be Aug. 6 and 7. Couples can email Vanessa.Jeske@courts.state.mn.us or call 651-267-4815.

• The McLeod County Fair will be Aug. 15 and 16. Couples can email 1stMcLeodDistrictCourt@courts.state.mn.us or call 320-864-1285.

— Kathryn Kovalenko

Comcast streamlining its internet sales

Comcast is simplifying how it sells internet services to consumers.

It will provide the same options everywhere, a major shift from the websites of yore that displayed option variations from state to state and even neighborhood to neighborhood.

There are now four plans for all: 300 megabits per second, 500 Mbps, 1 gigabit per second and 2 Gbps. These are all unlimited-use plans with no caps or overage charges, but they are usually not symmetrical (uploads are still much slower than downloads in most cases).

The plans are provided across three pricing tiers:

• An “Everyday Price” paid monthly with no price guarantee.

• A lower price per month with a one-year price guarantee.

• A price per month with a five-year guarantee that is a bit pricier than the one-year option but cheaper than the Everyday Price.

Also included with the new plans:

• An Xfinity WiFi Gateway modem with none of the fees typically associated with such internet-provider device rentals.

• A free line of Xfinity Mobile cellular service for one year, with no fees or taxes.

— Julio Ojeda-Zapata