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 ...

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 has already seen rain and a heat advisory, but that isn't keeping people from getting to the fairgrounds.

Country star Parker McCollum lit up East Side Night at the Iowa State Fair with hits like “Pretty Heart” and “Burn It Down” ...

Folks at the Iowa State Fair are usually competing for the title of "best." But sometimes, they compete for the opposite.

Day two of the Iowa State Fair brought the heat, but that’s nothing new to Iowans in August. Still, organizers and officials ...

Forrest Frank makes Iowa State Fair history with first-ever Christian music Grandstand sellout, fresh after recovering from a ...

Whether you're attending this year's fair for the first time or returning for your second day, Local 5 has the details to ...

Free stage headliners: Creed Fisher at the Susan Knapp Amphitheater, 8 p.m.; The Holy Rocka Rollaz at the Anne and Bill Riley ...