Who won the 2024 People's Choice Best New Food Contest at the Iowa State Fair? Fairgoers have spoken, picking the favorite ...

Pickles are the main star and sometimes take a supporting role in many dishes at the Iowa State Fair. Find out where.

Iowa State Fair revenue jumped in 2023, thanks primarily to a $2 increase in ticket prices, according to a newly released ...

Fair officials on Thursday announced the 2025 theme — "Fair Sweet Fair" — just under 11 months from the start. "Celebrate Fair Sweet Fair with all the foods you crave, the rides or games that make you ...

Whether riding the DART shuttle to the Iowa State Fair, chatting with food vendors on the Fairgrounds, or eavesdropping on ...

You can find lobster rolls, loose meat sandwiches, fried chicken with smear and more at JR's SouthPork Ranch at the Iowa ...

The announcement comes on the heels of the record-setting 2024 Iowa State Fair, the most popular in state history.

First introduced at the Texas State Fair in 2009, where it won the "Most Creative Food" award, fried butter is also served at the Iowa State Fair with powdered sugar on top. (Go big or go home.) ...

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa State Fair is already looking ahead to 2025. Thursday, fair officials released the new theme: ...

What do local Des Moines chefs really think of Iowa State Fair food? To answer the question, the Des Moines Register was joined Thursday afternoon by Chris Hoffmann, the chef and owner of Clyde's Fine ...

While the Clay County Fair in Spencer will have plenty new this year, fair planners say what matters most might be what it offers for the town. "It’s really important to have this fair. I think it’s ...

Working to overturn: Nearly 40 Iowa GOP lawmakers filed lawsuits asking state and federal courts to ... with the end of the ...