Iowa State Fair Canceled For First Time Since World War II

The Iowa State Fair Board of Directors voted 11 to 2 to cancel the 2020 fair out of concern for COVID-19. The next fair will be held on August 12-22, 2021.

I Thought We Would Be Safe at the Iowa State Fair?

Shane Vander Hart: Gov. Terry Branstad assured us that the Iowa State Fairgrounds were safe and yet on the last night of the fair an 18-year-old is stabbed.

Terry Branstad: People Don’t Really Need Guns at the Iowa State Fair

Gov. Terry Branstad defended the Iowa State Fair Board’s gun carry ban during the Iowa State Fair on August 11-21 during his weekly press conference.