Rain fell late Sunday night into our Monday morning drive. Northern and western Iowa saw some of the highest totals so far, with parts of central Iowa reporting an inch or more. Here are the totals ...

Ottumwa police say a 17-year-old girl was seriously injured in an apparent "car surfing" accident. According to a news release, OPD says emergency crews responded just before 1 a.m. Monday to a ...

After countless orders of french fries, burgers and fair fun, Deb Bettin says she's retiring from Cattlemen's Beef Quarters after 28 years.

The 2024 Iowa State Fair was the biggest in the fair's 170-year history. According to fair officials, total attendance of last year's event was 1,182,682. That's 12,307 more than the previous record ...

This year’s Iowa State Fair had the third-largest real (2025 dollars) economic impact of any in the fair’s 171-year history, contributing $177 million to the state’s GDP and $92 million in personal ...