DES MOINES, Iowa — After a rainy start to the 2026 Iowa State Fair, it's time to get excited for Day 2 and the start of the first weekend of the fair! Gates to the fairgrounds open at 8 a.m. You can ...

Discover a world of new tastes, thrilling entertainment and community spirit at the Iowa State Fair! Here's everything you need to know about the big event: ...

From livestock shows and tractor pulls to midway rides, live music and funnel cakes, county fair season is a summer tradition in communities across Iowa. Each fair offers its own mix of competitions, ...

Meccha Chameleon has plenty of fun maps to choose from in the base game, but if you’re looking for a bit more variety or a different kind of challenge, we recommend checking out the custom maps ...

Drought conditions in Iowa improved for a second consecutive week, though areas of moderate drought expanded in parts of the state. The U.S. Drought Monitor offers a state-by-state tracking of drought ...

Last September, the two-term Iowa senator Joni Ernst announced that she was stepping down. A few months earlier, she faced criticism for responding to constituent concerns about Medicaid cuts by ...

A map shows all three sites now under police probe following a mass shooting in Iowa on Monday. At least seven people lost their lives in the massacre before the gunman turned the weapon on himself in ...

The Lincoln and Jefferson highways were two of the nation's earliest transcontinental roads, first as muddy trails and eventually paved. These two highways intersected in Colo, Iowa, where a farmer ...

AI features and a brand new way to view Google Maps are currently rolling out in the app for its biggest upgrade in a decade. Credit: Google Maps Google Maps just got a major upgrade. A really major ...

Google Maps is rolling out Ask Maps, a Gemini-powered conversational feature. Ask Maps personalizes results based on places you have searched for or saved in Maps. Google didn't announce ads in Ask ...

Google Maps leads the navigation app market, but if you've faced traffic jams while it promised to save time, or lost signal when you needed directions, you know it's not for everyone. Maybe you need ...

Google is integrating its Gemini artificial intelligence assistant into the Maps navigation app. Drivers can access new Gemini features through voice commands on the Google Maps app. Google Maps, the ...