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

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

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 ...

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

The 2025 Iowa State Fair is home to many things: a mullet contest, 1,000-plus pound boars, butter cow sculptures and of ...

Who won the 2025 People's Choice Best New Food Contest at the Iowa State Fair? Fairgoers have spoken, picking the favorite ...

This year's fair opened Thursday and runs 11 days through Sunday, Aug. 17. » See all of our Iowa State Fair coverage here. Here's what you need to know about Day 10 of the 2025 Iowa State Fair, which ...

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

Dairy Zone won the second annual “Choose Iowa Favorite Fair Food” contest at the 2025 Iowa State Fair, according to Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig. The contest celebrates fair food creations ...

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 ...