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Corn dogs & cows: Scenes from the 2025 Illinois State Fair

Attendees look at the Butter Cow at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. The cow, which debuted ...
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Week in Iowa: Iowa GOP on eliminating IPERS, what candidates are saying at the state fair and a new pork production facility in Sioux City

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday that the Iowa National Guard will assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
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‘It was a zoo’: 10 years ago, Trump, Clinton, Sanders came to State Fair on the same day

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.
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‘It was a zoo’; 10 years ago, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders all came to the Iowa State Fair on the same day

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