KCCI Des Moines

Poultry calling contests take the stage at the Iowa State Fair

The Iowa State Fair is meant to celebrate the state's agriculture wins — but there are some other Iowa State Fair traditions every year.The calling contests kicked off on Day 1 of the fair Thursday ...
Yahoo

This 96-year-old just clucked her way to win the Iowa State Fair's chicken calling contest

Bonnie Swalwell Eilert out-clucked the 14-person competition to win the Ladies' Chicken Calling Contest, a tradition at the Iowa State Fair. Women from Wall Lake to Ames lined up to give their call ...
KCCI Des Moines

Famed husband-calling blue ribbon winner, Bonnie Swalwell Eilert, dies at 96

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. A WOMAN KNOWN FOR HER SPIRITED AND POWERFUL VOICE IS BEING REMEMBERED FOR SO MUCH MORE. YEAH. BONNIE SWALWELL, EILERT’S INCREDIBLE HUSBAND CALLING PERFORMANCE AT THE IOWA STATE ...
Des Moines Register

Hear the best clucks and calls at Iowa State Fair's annual Chicken Calling Contest

Hear the best clucks and calls at Iowa State Fair's annual Chicken Calling Contest There's a new top "clucker" in Iowa. Listen to some of the best contestants during the Ladies' Chicken Calling ...