Joe Biden is returning Iowa City on Wednesday for a meet-and-greet at his Kennedy Plaza campaign headquarters. The stop comes one day before the former vice president and current 2020 candidate takes the stage at the Iowa State Fair’s Political Soapbox, sponsored by the Des Moines Register.
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Wagon from 1982 cold case of missing newspaper carrier Johnny Gosch on display at the state fair
The 2017 Iowa State Fair will display the red wagon belonging to missing newspaper carrier Johnny Gosch, who disappeared on Sept. 5, 1982 when he was only 12 years old.
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80s rock rules! Heart to play Iowa State Fair with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Cheap Trick
The latest addition to the Iowa State Fair’s 2016 Grandstand was announced today and you can expect a good dose of rock and roll nostalgia: Heart will headline on Aug. 16 with special guests Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Cheap Trick. All three acts are inductees in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame […]
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Iowa State Fair announces free entertainment line-up
The Iowa State Fair announced today its free entertainment lineup for the upcoming festival (August 7-17), touting a list that includes Los Lonely Boys, The Nadas, Alien Ant Farm and The Romantics of “What I Like About You” fame. The free music and entertainment events will be split across four stages, with the Fairview stage […]
