Organizers seek nominations for an annual award presented to farm families at the Iowa State Fair. The Way We Live Award will be presented during this summer’s fair to six Iowa families “who exemplify ...

WASHINGTON — 4-H/FFA sheep and goat exhibitors in Washington County need to mark these dates for the official weigh-in and ...

In 1917, the new sheep barn housed the largest sheep exposition at the time and was one of the fair's top highlights. Tessa's son pets a sheep in the animal exhibits at the Iowa State Fair.

"Possibly we need poets and philosophers to help us with what we do not know, or people we do not understand," writes Kurt ...

Preston Moore serves as the Iowa State Director for Humane World for Animals. Iowa’s Constitution ... outdated and do not adhere to principles of fair chase. If this disingenuous amendment ...

NFL Draft won’t be the only one hosted on Wisconsin soil, but you have to go back to late 1939 for the last one.

A Fairfield seventh-grader has won the grand prize of the Iowa League of Cities “If I were Mayor” essay contest.

The first Ames Renaissance Faire was organized last year by two Iowa State University students ... Bigger bags such as backpacks will be checked. Animals are welcome but must be leashed at all times ...

Bird flu would be much less of a threat if we spread chickens out across the country instead of concentrating them together ...

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The agrichemical giant Bayer is lobbying for state and federal laws that would give it legal immunity from claims that ...

The famous ISF Sky Glider was first established in 1975, giving 100,000 people a chance to see the fair from the sky. (ISF photo) In October 1854, Iowans traveled by covered wagon, paying a quarter to ...