Email your question to the Des Moines Register's Bill Steiden at [email protected]. The Iowa State Fair will mark the ... a 25-cent sideshow, horse racing, displays of quilts, clothing ...

To learn more about the Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation, visit www.BlueRibbonFoundation.org. Virginia Barreda is a trending and general assignment reporter for the Des Moines Register.

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 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The final countdown is on as the Iowa State fair is officially ... to use year-round. Fair-goers will also notice construction being done at the Horse Barn, as the first ...

The Des Moines horse unit remains active ... patrol will focus on keeping the peace around the perimeter of the Iowa State Fair, which runs August 9-19th.

The Iowa State Fair is known for unique foods and the biggest livestock competitions, but, there are a number of ways to win ...

Kids had a bubble gum-blowing competition, local celebrities had a pie-eating contest and there was a horse ... on Des Moines Register: It's been a record-breaking Iowa State Fair.

There will be no butter cows, outlandish fried foods on sticks or eager-to-please politicians in Des Moines, Iowa, this August. The renowned Iowa State Fair, a campaign must-stop for presidential ...

For the first quarter century of the Iowa State Fair's history, it graced nine Eastern Iowa cities before it found its permanent home in Des Moines. The Iowa State Agricultural Society Executive ...

Happy State Fair, everybody, biggest outdoor event we have here in Iowa every year. So weather plays *** big role. Now, once we're in August, usually we're *** little bit after the normal hottest ...

Fans can flock to this year’s Iowa State Fair in Des Moines to experience everything from the urban to the disturbed. As in country superstar Keith Urban on Aug. 20 and heavy metal rockers ...

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 ...