Iowa State Fair CEO Jeremy Parsons is gearing up for his third fair in charge. He joined Calyn Thompson live on Today in Iowa ...

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 ...

The gates opened to the 2025 Iowa State Fair on Thursday as thunderstorms moved over the fairgrounds, dropping on and off waves of rain. State […] ...

Iowa candidates are out taking part in the Iowa State Fair festivities.Iowa Auditor Rob Sand, whose running to be Iowa's next ...

A beer called Yield of Dreams and a number of other vendors at the Iowa State Fair will feature Iowa-grown ingredients.

Candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and more are participating in the state's time-honored tradition of greeting Iowans at ...

With more than 115,000 tickets sold for the Iowa State Fair Grandstand concerts over the next eleven days, people are packing the parking lots at the fairgrounds and at the properties of homeowners ...

The Des Moines Register is here to help remind you of the Iowa State Fair's bag policy and what you can bring to the state fair.

Before you head out, here's what to know about the weather and daily events on Aug. 8. It'll be a toasty one for the second day of the fair, with a high near 94 degrees and heat index values up to 105 ...

Everyone sees the sweat and hard work exhibitors pour into their entries at the county and state fair, but not everyone knows what goes on behind the scenes in the life of an exhibition judge at the ...

It was an all-day, gut-busting, heartburn-inducing quest for the Fisher family, who set out in 2001 to eat a menu item from ...