KCCI Des Moines

Iowa State Fair butter cow joined by Sesame Street sculptures

SUCKER. STACEY: NOT ALONE ON THAT. NEW TONIGHT, THE BUTTER COW WILL HAVE SOME COMPANY WITH FRIEN FROM SESAME STREET THIS YEAR. THEY WILL BE SCULPTED IN BUTTER TO CELEBRATE SESAME STREET'S 50TH ...
Radio Iowa

Butter Sesame Street characters to join traditional Iowa State Fair cow

The iconic “butter cow” has been a part of the annual Iowa State Fair since 1911 and Sarah Pratt of West Des Moines sculpted this year’s dairy cow — as she’s done each of the past 18 years. “Really ...
Des Moines Register

7 things to see and do at the 2019 Iowa State Fair

The Iowa State Fair begins its 11-day run in Des Moines on Thursday, and from gazing upon the rich yellow butter cow to filling your stomach with all things deep-fried, there is no shortage of things ...
Des Moines Register

Sesame Street in butter: Iowa State Fair announces 2019 sculpture theme

This year's Iowa State Fair butter sculpture will likely be a hit with the kids. Elmo and his friends from "Sesame Street" will be visiting the 2019 fair. Butter versions of characters from the iconic ...
WHDH

‘Goodness and humor’ celebrated as ‘Sesame Street’ turns 50

This first episode of “Sesame Street” — sponsored by the letters W, S and E and the numbers 2 and 3 — aired in the fall of 1969. It was a turbulent time in America, rocked by the Vietnam War and raw ...