For the foodies among fairgoers, Choose Iowa is sponsoring the Favorite Fair Food Contest, where 30 participating food ...

As voting for the favorite fair food concludes, top vendors at the state fair are serving thousands of popular treats, with ...

Witness — or participate in — an attempt to simultaneously scratch more lottery tickets than ever before. Your guide to the ...

The idea for Thelma’s Ice Cream Sandwiches came not from an idea to market ice cream nationwide at Costco, but rather a way ...

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 ...

A fair so nice, we had to put it in our Weekend Guides twice! Head to the fairgrounds for the second weekend of the Iowa ...

The 2025 Iowa State Fair marks the 171st year of the state's biggest event. It's a summer tradition that draws more than 1 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (WOI) - One family is honoring a crash victim at the Iowa State Fair by hosting a rubber duck hunt, WOI reports. In March 2024, 22-year-old Spencer Rush was killed by a drunk driver ...

It’s easy to get in your step goal with a day at the fair, and there are other exercises you can complete at the same time.

Where can you see people eat pies at high speeds and yodel in the same space? At the Iowa State Fair, of course.

Selected from 102 contestants, Riah Schrage of Grundy County was crowned Iowa State Fair Queen and awarded thousands in ...

Backyard chefs gathered at the Iowa State Fair to showcase their culinary skills during the 61st Annual Cookout Contest.