Brian Britt takes top honors in the Big Boar competition after setting the state fair record in 2024, while Abby Willson wins ...

The 4-year-old boar grew up alongside last year's big winner, the 1,420-pound Finnegan. Finnegan not only won last year's ...

Local 5 has compiled a list of all the competition winners from the 2025 Iowa State Fair. DES MOINES, Iowa — The 2025 Iowa ...

In the mid-19th century leading up to the westward expansion, people traveled by covered wagon to attend the first Iowa State Fair in 1854 on a six-acre tract in Fairfield. Today, more than a million ...

There is a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms on Sunday, Aug. 10. New rainfall could amount to a quarter or a half inch, ...

While it may not have been another record, this year’s big boar at the Iowa State Fair still tipped the scales at a hefty 1,268 pounds. The winning pig, Duke, ...

Country star Parker McCollum lit up East Side Night at the Iowa State Fair with hits like “Pretty Heart” and “Burn It Down” ...

Iowa State Fair CEO Jeremy Parsons shares some deep-fried tidbits about renovations, safety upgrades and that other fair to our north.

DES MOINES, Iowa — "Bud," a massive 3,110-pound Angus bull, claimed the top prize at the Super Bull Contest during the 2025 ...

She may be only 18, but Abby Willson has become an old hand in the Iowa State Fair Big Ram contest, taking her first title in ...

Both have giant boar contest winners, which inspire “aww” and “eeuw” in special swine barn exhibits. At the 2024 Iowa State Fair, a new record was set in the Big Boar competition. Finnegan weighed in ...

Regardless of popular beliefs, the Register is here to present objective truths as to why Iowa is still home to the best ...