The first-ever Highland cattle show at the Iowa State Fair drew throngs of interested fairgoers to the Pioneer Livestock ...

The best new food at the Iowa State Fair has been crowned. After a week of voting, fairgoers have crowned the Bacon Chicken ...

Some contestants are first-timers, while others have won before. But they all try their best to bring home bacon.

Here's a list of what's happening on Saturday at the 2025 Iowa State Fair, featuring a llama limbo contest, ghost hunting and ...

The Iowa State Fair's pie eating contest is one of the fair's most entered. Watch as Iowans smash their faces into plates to ...

The Iowa State Fair saw 105,787 fairgoers in attendance on Wednesday, Aug. 13. In 2024, 99,281 people attended day seven of ...

Hundreds gathered at Pioneer Hall at the Iowa State Fair for the Cow Chip Throwing contest Wednesday. The event was canceled ...

The Mostek family has been lighting up the night at the fair for a decade. This year, Forrest Frank and Pitbull invited them to do effects for their shows.

And the winner is....the Chicken Bacon Ranch Egg Roll from Winn & Sara's Kitchen! It's the vendor's second year in a row ...

The whole day was such a unique spectacle that you almost felt like it was Americana overload,” then- Chief Rod Boshart said.

To eat local at the fair, visit the Iowa State Fair website, click on the "food" tab and find the Choose Iowa fair food information at the top of the page.

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Lottery broke a Guinness World Record Thursday when more than 1,300 people simultaneously ...