Record pumpkin weighed in at Anamosa Pumpkinfest
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10/8/2019
A new “great pumpkin” for Iowa was crowned at the Anamosa Pumpkinfest over the weekend.
People from all over bring their giant pumpkins to Pumpkinfest every year for the Ryan Norlin Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off, and this year, there was a state record for Iowa’s largest pumpkin. The winning pumpkin weighed in at 1,800.5 pounds.
The gigantic gourd was entered by Dan Carlson and Marc Petersen from Clinton who won $4,000 for their first place pumpkin. Organizer Nancy Norlin says the pumpkins today are much bigger than they were when the event started in memory of her son 30 years ago.
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