des moines

The 2026 Iowa State Fair Grandstand lineup has a couple of new additions! Two new acts, including an award-winning country group, were announced as 2026 performers!

Sweet corn, ice cream, strawberries, watermelon, BBQ... there are a ton of annual food festivals held across the state of Iowa, but which one is the BEST? Midwest Living has the answer!

Late last year, USA Today put out a list of the best dive bars in America, and three Iowa businesses made the list!

USA Today recently put out a list of the best "hidden gem" restaurants across America, and of those 14 chosen eateries, one is here in the Hawkeye State!

From comfort food to fancy food, we'll take it all.

The western Iowa city of Avoca has quietly positioned itself at the forefront of a growing movement: automated noise enforcement.

We've seen so many studies that claim to prove the happiest, the saddest, the wildest, the drunkest, etc., city in Iowa. Is out non-scientific study any less real?

The Iowa State Fair recently revealed more than 60 new foods that will debut at next month's annual fair, and Brain and I got the opportunity to try 11 of those foods at a special judging event in Des Moines this week!

Who doesn't love a great piece of pizza? If you live in Iowa or are just passing through, you need to try this spot in Des Moines!

Unprepared? There's a vending machine for that.