From deep-fried Oreos to butter cows, state fairs are an American summer essential. These massive events are a blend of agriculture, food, music and eccentric traditions. USA Today readers have ...

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

MasterChef' Grant Gillon and his son Grady rate Iowa State Fair foods from pickle lemonade to lobster corn dogs. See their ...

In true Iowa fashion, the weather was unpredictable for the first day of the Iowa State Fair. Thunderstorms rolled across the Des Moines metro, and many state fair […] ...

The Aug. 9 town hall will reportedly include Scott County Chair Kay Pence, State Sen. Mike Zimmer (D-DeWitt) and Iowa ...

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 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — "Bud," a massive 3,110-pound Angus bull, claimed the top prize at the Super Bull Contest during the 2025 ...

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 […] ...

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 ...

This morning's wet and stormy weather couldn't keep kids off the new inclusive playground on the Iowa State Fairgrounds.