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Peachey's Baking Company is calling it quits on the Iowa State Fair. In those two years, the vendor known for its homemade ...

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Eilert — a State Fair mainstay on par with the chainsaw carvers and the 4-H stage volunteers — died March 22, 2025, on her “beloved farm,” according to her obituary. She was 96.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Less than six months remain until the 2025 Iowa State Fair kicks off, and organizers just announced the ...

The makers of Monopoly announced they are creating a Des Moines edition board. Instead of the original squares, it will ...

On Tuesday, the Iowa State Fair released a teaser photo for the remaining unannounced Grandstand act for the 2025 season. The ...

Summer will be here before we know it, bringing Iowa's biggest celebration: the Iowa State Fair. The Iowa State Fair Grandstand will bring acts ranging from Pitbull to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kidz Bop Live ...

Attempts to make labor unions go away aren't new, and that's because they do not succeed, writes Samantha Groark.

ROY. THE IOWA STATE FAIR PLANS TO HONOR BONNIE WITH A PLAQUE ON A PEW HERE AT THE FIRST CHURCH IN DES MOINES, BEA Bonnie Swalwell Eilert, a beloved figure at the Iowa State Fair, left an indelible ...

The final act to join the Grandstand lineup at the 2025 Iowa State Fair has been announced, and it’s a band that is no ...

Joni Ernst, Saturday, June 3, 2023, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa. Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his wife, Casey DeSantis, are introduced ...