From a crowded Grandstand to total obscurity, this is the story of what happened to Baby Mine, the Iowa State Fair's elephant in the 1930s.

The Horsemen of Iowa's annual summer show barreled into the North Iowa Fairgrounds in Mason City on Sunday to great success, ...

The Iowa State Fair is accepting entries into its blue ribbon competitions for this summer's fair. The lineup is diverse ...

Thursday night: Spend the night with Jim Fielding, who has led consumer products groups at the world’s largest media companies, including Disney, Dreamworks, and Twentieth Century Fox.

However, a Des Moines Register/ Mediacom poll released three days before Election Day, found Harris leading Trump by three percentage points among likely voters. Iowa State Fair CEO Jeremy Parsons ...

JUDGES SCORED EACH HORSE ON THEIR STRUCTURE ... to download Very Local to your phone.See all of our Iowa State Fair coverage here. DES MOINES, Iowa — Over at the Jacobson Exhibition Center ...

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 ...

THE HORSE BARN WILL GET THE IMPROVEMENTS ... Click here to download Very Local to your phone.See all of our Iowa State Fair coverage here. DES MOINES, Iowa — Farmers and 4H-ers bringing ...

After 21 years of being relegated to inside pages, the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines comes into its own as a news topic. The Register's sister paper, The Des Moines Leader, on Aug. 29, 1899, heralds ...

The Iowa State Fair will mark the 170th year since its inception when it opens this Aug. 8. That's longer than Des Moines has been Iowa's capital. Where did it start and when did it settle in to ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) - Officials captured and euthanized a large bull after it was reported missing from the Iowa State Fairgrounds Tuesday morning. KCCI reports the Des Moines Police ...

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney eats a pork chop on a stick while talking with voters at the Iowa State Fair August 11, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa. Former candidates Michelle Bachmann ...