Pioneer Hall was packed Friday morning for the Iowa State Fair's beloved Husband Calling Contest, but this year, the event carried a somber note. For the first time, the contest was held without one ...

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.

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

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

We're still about fifteen months out from next November's gubernatorial election in Iowa, ten months out from the primaries.Yet, it's state fair season and tha ...

Four local farm families were presented the 2025 Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award during the Iowa State Fair earlier this ...

This program celebrates farms that have been owned by the same families for 100 (century) and 150 years (heritage).

(ABC 6 News) — Two local farms were honored with awards at the Iowa State Fair. Rooney Farms in Cerro Gordo County and Olson ...

The numbers are in. Here is how many people attended the Iowa State Fair and Rascal Flatts on Tuesday, Aug. 12.

On a humid August evening, the Bud Tent at the Iowa State Fair pulses with the energy of tradition and reunion. For ...

The Iowa State Fair saw 97,273 people attend on Monday, Aug. 11. While it wasn't another 100,000-plus day, it was 4,000 more ...