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The UI Press is the only university press in Iowa, also dedicated to the preservation of literature, history, culture, wildlife, and natural areas of the Midwest. Scholarly titles include reference and course books, and trade books published by the UI Press include the winners of the Iowa Short Fiction Award and the Iowa Poetry Prize, as well ...
Thomas Leslie, the author of Iowa State Fair: Country Comes to Town, wrote that the novel State Fair is "a surprisingly dark coming-of-age story that took as its major plot device the effects of the 'worldly temptations' of the Iowa State Fair on a local farming family", capturing tensions between urban Des Moines and rural Iowa. [1]
The last day of the Iowa State Fair brings the figure eight races on Sunday, Aug. 18, with gates opening at 11 a.m. for the noon event. Advance tickets for adults age 12 and older are $15 or $20 ...
A total of 102,510 people went to the eighth day of the Iowa State Fair on Thursday. How does attendance at the 2024 Iowa State Fair compare to 2023? Attendance in 2024 was 1,035 people from 2023 ...
William J. Riley Sr. (October 7, 1920 [1] – December 15, 2006) was an American entertainer known as "Mr. State Fair" in Iowa. Riley was born in Iowa Falls, Iowa.His father died when he was 18 months old, and Bill and his brother were raised by their mother through the Great Depression.
The Iowa State Fair returns this Aug. 8-18 with music, butter cows and of course, new foods. This year brings a bumper crop of 84 new dishes that will make their debut at the 2024 Iowa State Fair.
The poll has been conducted by the Iowa Secretary of State with results posted to their website. [1] [2] It was begun in 2015 after the Republican Party of Iowa announced it would no longer hold its official Iowa Straw Poll given that a majority of presidential candidates declined to participate. [3]