Collected Item: “No Iowa State Fair for the First Time Since WWII”
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No Iowa State Fair for the First Time Since WWII
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We Are Iowa news article
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After two consecutive years with record attendance, the momentum of the Iowa State Fair has come to a screeching halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time since WWII there will be no Iowa State Fair, one of the largest in the country and the second largest in the Midwest. The Iowa State Fair has only been cancelled a total of 5 times in its 166-years history and was even held during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. One of the most anticipated and loved events for Iowa residents is no more for 2020
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#IowaStateFair, #COVID-10, #Iowa, #DesMoines
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https://web.archive.org/web/20200611080155/https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/2020-iowa-state-fair-board-meeting-covid-19-decision-schedule/524-19290fab-4614-413c-a138-74635c334c0a
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Eva Anderson, Local 5 News
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2020-06-10