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 ...

The champion of the 2025 Iowa State Fair Big Bull competition is “Bud,” a 3,110-pound Angus bull owned by Mark Till of Maquoketa. Till acquired the 7-year-old bull […] ...

In the mid-19th century leading up to the westward expansion, people traveled by covered wagon to attend the first Iowa State Fair in 1854 on a six-acre tract in Fairfield. Today, more than a million ...

In the mid-19th century leading up to the Westward Expansion, people traveled by covered wagon to attend the first Iowa State Fair in 1854 on a six-acre tract in Fairfield. Today, more than a million ...

Iowa State Fair CEO Jeremy Parsons shares some deep-fried tidbits about renovations, safety upgrades and that other fair to our north.

US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins visited the Iowa State Fair to announce $152 million toward 19 rural development projects across Iowa.

While it may not have been another record, this year’s big boar at the Iowa State Fair still tipped the scales at a hefty 1,268 pounds. The winning pig, Duke, ...

Brian Britt takes top honors in the Big Boar competition after setting the state fair record in 2024, while Abby Willson wins ...

The 4-year-old boar grew up alongside last year's big winner, the 1,420-pound Finnegan. Finnegan not only won last year's ...

Although Iowa’s pumpkins aren’t currently among the largest in the world, with growers in Minnesota and Wisconsin surpassing ...

The Iowa State Fair — one of our state's oldest and biggest traditions — is back for another fun-filled 11-day adventure on ...

DES MOINES, Iowa ( KCCI) - For the second year in a row, a Monticello pork producer is taking home the trophy for the Iowa State Fair’s Big Boar contest. Duke, a crossbred boar owned by pork producer ...