The Mostek family has been lighting up the night at the fair for a decade. This year, Forrest Frank and Pitbull invited them ...

Thursday's attendance at the Iowa State Fair was just 524 people short of the all-time record for Day 8 set in 2015.

Pioneer Hall was packed Friday morning for the Iowa State Fair's beloved Husband Calling Contest, but this year, the event carried a somber note. For the first time, the contest was held without one ...

The whole day was such a unique spectacle that you almost felt like it was Americana overload,” then-Gazette Des Moines Bureau Chief Rod Boshart said.