Nearly a century ago, staged train collisions were a popular and awe-inducing spectacle of the Iowa State Fair. The smashing theme continued throughout the 1930s, but in 1937 the Iowa State Fair ...

A trip to the Iowa State Fair must consist of trying weird foods, seeing cute animals and going on rides. But none of that stuff can come home with you. So what better way to remember the 2025 ...

Summer will be here before we know it, bringing Iowa's biggest celebration: the Iowa State Fair. Here is what we know so far about the 2025 Iowa State Fair. In the lead-up to the 2020 election ...

Presidential candidates descend on the Iowa State Fair. Here's what to watch. — -- It’s that time of year, again. The time when White House hopefuls begin descending on the Iowa State Fair ...

Fairgoers attend the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., August 13, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) DES MOINES — The Iowa State Fair is a place where judgments ...

THE NAMES OF THE TWO Two people died when their van crashed into a train in northeast Iowa, according to the Iowa State Patrol.The crash happened around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in Packard.The van was ...

Former President Donald Trump seized the spotlight at the Iowa State Fair this weekend, swooping overhead in his private plane just as his chief Republican rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Follow her on Twitter @courtneycare. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Train crashes, buying an elephant and other crazy stunts the Iowa State Fair once pulled ...

If you think the newest food on a stick is the craziest attention-grabbing stunt the Iowa State Fair has ever pulled ... by pitting a Herbert Hoover train against a Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...

As the countdown to the Iowa State Fair continues on ... the 1932 crash took on an election theme by pitting a Herbert Hoover train against a Franklin Delano Roosevelt train.

As the countdown to the Iowa State Fair continues on, now's the time to start planning ... the 1932 crash took on an election theme by pitting a Herbert Hoover train against a Franklin Delano ...