A Register reporter attended opening day of the 2025 Iowa State Fair and rode 10 rides to find out which were the most ...

Fairgoers may be dodging heavy thunderstorms at the Iowa State Fair this weekend. Des Moines is under a severe thunderstorm ...

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

This year's fair opened Thursday and runs 11 days through Sunday, Aug. 17. » See all of our Iowa State Fair coverage here.

Iowa US Senator Chuck Grassley is at the Iowa state fair and said he's continuing to hit the same spots he has been since ...

The first-term senator from Arizona crisscrossed the red state, holding a town hall, visiting the Iowa State Fair and making ...

Kelly laments the death of astronaut Jim Lovell and a U.S. disinvestment from science while sidestepping White House talk.

Take a virtual ride with Local 5 on the Iowa State Fair's east Sky Glider. Video was taken Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025.

State officials ushered in the start of the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday with the annual unveiling of the butter cow. The ...