Thursday's attendance at the Iowa State Fair was just 524 people short of the all-time record for Day 8 set in 2015.

The whole day was such a unique spectacle that you almost felt like it was Americana overload,” then-Gazette Des Moines Bureau Chief Rod Boshart said.

In the mid-19th century leading up to the Westward Expansion, people traveled by covered wagon to attend the first Iowa State ...

Audubon County Fair Queen Emily Foran was honored with the Queen Alumni Award during the Iowa State Fair Queen competition.