A panel of judges sampled 11 new foods inside the Elwell Family Food Center on the Iowa State Fairgrounds on July 15 and ...

This year, seven of the top 11 Best New Foods at the Iowa State Fair come from restaurants across Iowa, whether a ...

Is Iowa the ultimate State Fair field of dreams or does its neighbor to the north hold (purple) reign? Three retired ...

“Iowans have always sustained themselves and fed others across the nation and around the world. Celebrating America’s 250th ...

If you're looking for corn dogs, butter sculptures, livestock competitions and more, you're in luck. The 2025 Iowa State Fair ...

Six Iowa farm families will be recognized as recipients of the 2025 Way We Live Award at the Iowa State Fair. Nominations included descriptions of how living on the farm and choosing farming as an ...

State Iowa State Fair announces animated companions to join butter cow Find the butter cow and its companions inside the John Deere Agriculture Building at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 7-17.

The butter cow was joined by an ode to the Iowa State Fair's Sky Glider and late-night comedians at the Ag Building at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on Aug. 9, 2024. In 2006, after 15 years of ...

From food and fun to agriculture and entertainment, fair season is well underway, and the Iowa State Fair is just under a month away. Jeremy Parsons joined Our Quad Cities News to talk about the ...

Iowa State Fair CEO Jeremy Parsons says that while the president's initial proposal for a world's fair in Iowa was a "great concept," logistical challenges stood in the way.