This August is, without a doubt, shaping up be a banner month in Iowa.

After a slow start, piles of delicious sweet corn and home-grown tomatoes are ripe and ready at every farmers market and farm stand in the state. Iowa communities, large and small, are holding their annual end of summer festivals and reunions. And, of course, we all get to enjoy our best-in-the nation Iowa State Fair.

You can get information you need about the fair in a special Iowa...