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 ...

Lazing the days away at the State Fair of Texas is a very unbothered 1,000-pound Yorkshire boar named Boris. In a small pen next to the swine barn behind the Cotton Bowl, this mild-mannered, ...

How does it feel to be the winner of the biggest four contest? I won in 19 and then in 21 as well. And we were close to the record. But, um, I really had my goal set on setting the record and we blew ...

The 11-day reign of a big pig from northeast Iowa will end this Sunday. Sasquatch, this year’s Big Boar at the Iowa State Fair, weighed in at just over a thousand pounds. Wilbur Kehrli of Manchester ...

For the second year in a row, a Monticello pork producer is taking home the trophy for the Iowa State Fair's Big Boar contest. Duke, a crossbred boar owned by pork producer Bryan Britt, weighed in at ...

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 ...