Good morning, Iowa! It’s Monday, Aug. 10, and this is The Daily Umbrella, where we give you the news, weather, sports and a few things you probably didn’t know you needed to know before your day gets rolling. Let’s get started. …

Folks, it is officially Iowa State Fair week. The fair kicks off this Thursday and runs through Aug. 23. More than a million people typically attend the 11-day event, and the attendance record was set in 2024, when more than 1.18 million people walked through the gates. That is a lot of people. Especially when you consider that all of them are trying to get to the same place at the same time — usually while carrying something deep-fried and on a stick. …

Let’s get to the news. A 45-year-old Bayard man has been arrested following a Saturday night altercation outside a Fort Dodge convenience st ...