This is a cow bone from the POW camp at Knockaloe on the Isle of Man. During the First World War Germans were held prisoner at Knockaloe. They used to make things to sell or trade in exchange for ...

Clad in a butter-colored shirt, Gov. JB Pritzker joined wife MK, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, Miss Illinois County Fair Natalie Evans and others to unveil the 2024 Illinois State Fair Butter Cow on ...

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) - The butter cow is a tradition, and almost the stuff of legend, at the Illinois State Fair. But it is not unique. The 2018 Illinois State Fair butter cow has a ...

One of the challenges in carving Ilene was maintaining a feminine quality, by giving her thin legs, but making them sturdy enough to hold up her 1,000-pound girth. "It's a long time coming," said ...