Day Four: Iowa State Fair Photo Gallery

photos by Bryon Houlgrave and Caryline Clark

The first Sunday of the Iowa State Fair brought milder weather but plenty of heat with monster arm wrestling, plus the Great Iowan Recipe food contest, mini horse yoga and more. 

Participants in the mini tractor pull on Sunday might have tiny tractors but they brought plenty of action - and noise!

A young fairgoer gets a chance to milk a dairy cow during the Iowa State Fair.

The Iowa State Fair offered mini horse yoga for the first time in 2023, adding to their other animal yoga offerings like goat yoga.

Night time at the Big Slide at the Iowa State Fair. 

Monster arm wrestling participants showed off their guns - and their grit - over several hours of competition on Sunday.

Fairgoers enjoying a ride on the skyglider.

Grandpa's Leftover's Pie, submitted by Joyce Larson, won first place in the Great Iowan Recipe contest sponsored by Iowa PBS. 

Scalloped Chicken, submitted by Sharon Leasan, won second place in the Great Iowan Recipe contest sponsored by Iowa PBS.

Cinnamon Bread, submitted by Sarah Olson, won third place in the Great Iowan Recipe contest sponsored by Iowa PBS.