Lori Dvorak, of Bondurant, showed this year's Champion Big Boar, Peabody. The five-year-old Hampshire boar, owned by Pleasant Hill’s Friends of Peabody, weighed in at 1,273 pounds. Peabody was raised ...

A man who was trying to enjoy a relaxing barbecue was attacked by a massive feral pig, its tusk narrowly missing his eye as it knocked him out with the force of the attack. Steven Easton, a man in his ...

No one’s quite sure why Big Joe wasn’t put on the harvest truck. Most likely there wasn’t enough room. But the Theobalds are pretty sure a dash of destiny was involved, too. Because — as his name tips ...

Bryan Britt of Monticello with Finnegan, the Iowa State Fair's 'Big Boar' (RI photo) This year’s “Big Boar” at the Iowa State Fair is the biggest — ever. The crowd at the “Big Boar” competition roared ...

The swagger was there and so was the weight as roly-poly Duke took the title of Big Boar at the Iowa State Fair on Thursday in front of a standing-room-only crowd. While Duke's girth was enough to ...