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

The red and black barstools at the West Des Moines Methodist Church stand have seen decades worth of fairgoers enjoying their ...

As voting for the favorite fair food concludes, top vendors at the state fair are serving thousands of popular treats, with ...

Witness — or participate in — an attempt to simultaneously scratch more lottery tickets than ever before. Your guide to the ...

The idea for Thelma’s Ice Cream Sandwiches came not from an idea to market ice cream nationwide at Costco, but rather a way ...

A fair so nice, we had to put it in our Weekend Guides twice! Head to the fairgrounds for the second weekend of the Iowa ...

Pain, Hank Jr., Phil Rosenthal and more in Des Moines Aug. 14-17. Concerts, block parties, and family fun await.

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 ...

Backyard chefs gathered at the Iowa State Fair to showcase their culinary skills during the 61st Annual Cookout Contest.

The Iowa State Fair saw 97,273 people attend on Monday, Aug. 11. While it wasn't another 100,000-plus day, it was 4,000 more ...

Selected from 102 contestants, Riah Schrage of Grundy County was crowned Iowa State Fair Queen and awarded thousands in ...

Spencer Rush, 22, loved the fair up until his life was cut short in a motorcycle crash last year. Now, his family is honoring ...