HOOPESTON, Ill. (WCIA) –For eight decades, Hoopeston has been adding their own twist to the holiday of Labor Day. On Monday, ...

Aug. 23—For 80 years, people all across the Midwest have come to Hoopeston to celebrate the harvest of sweet corn. Originally organized to promote business in Hoopeston, the National Sweetcorn ...

After first making a return of movies at the Lorraine Theatre announcement recently in the National Sweetcorn Festival Parade ...

MILLERSPORT − A long-time Fairfield County tradition continues this week with the start of the annual Millersport Sweet Corn Festival. The 77th edition of the event will run from Wednesday ...

The Millersport Lions Club will present the 2024 Sweet Corn Festival Wednesday, Aug. 28 through Saturday, Aug. 31 at the Sweet Corn Festival grounds on Chautauqua Boulevard in Millersport.

Photo by Janelle Patterson Jane Rogers, left, and Bruce Pershke, of Arizona, stop at the Witten Farm Market on Pike Street in Marietta Tuesday to grab sweet corn and fresh fruit while passing ...

With the Millersport Sweet Corn Festival returning this week, we look back to the first festival queen. The late Patty Clark was named queen in 1948. Back then, the festival was a two-day event ...

Hoopeston's McFerren Park will again be filled with carnival rides, lots of entertainment, a flea market, vendors of all types, a car show, and about 50 tons of free sweet corn from 1:30-5 p.m ...

The maze turns spooky at dark. $12, $15 for interactive experience that begins at dark and is for age 18 and older. Fall ...

Sweet corn comes in a range of kernel colors: yellow, white, and bicolor (yellow and white). Here's a short video about preparing sweet corn. Sweet corn is most often eaten cooked. Peel or “shuck” the ...

All money from the festival goes to the Hoopeston Jaycees. McDonald's to axe eight popular menu items this week in major shake-up - see the full list A YouTuber asked a group of Americans aged 70 ...