LIND, Wash. – When he was in high school, Grady Gfeller had a dream: to compete in his town’s combine demolition derby, a Mad Max-style jamboree of smashing farm equipment together for the fun of it.

Gladiatrix: Karlee Miller, the demolition derby’s sole female driver (at right), goes after Brian Finch and his 1967 John Deere Matt Jenkins LIND, Washington — In New Mexico, people tend to sort ...

Wind on the Palouse is relentless. It’s been that way since the last ice age, a million years or more. It’s the wind that made this place, and the hills that comprise the 19,000-square-mile region of ...

This weekend, Tyler Sawyer spent at lot of time and sweat preparing a vehicle for the combine demolition derby at the Hillsdale County Fair. Sunday night, he walked away with a consolation prize and ...

The Mitchell County Fair began today and runs through Sunday, with a packed schedule of events and the promise of fun times. Grandstand events will be marked by the return of two popular events. The ...

LIBSON — A driver who was ejected from machinery during the combine derby at the Columbiana County Fair on Sunday afternoon is in stable condition. Media partner WBKN reported the identified man will ...

READLYN, Iowa (AP) -- There's a band called Smashing Pumpkins so why not an event for smashing combines? Why not indeed, thought Ron Leistikow, who has organized a combine demolition derby for June 20 ...

There are plenty of summer events around the state that offer entertainment that is, well, exotic from a Seattle standpoint. If you’re looking for off-beat and off-the-beaten-track entertainment, you ...

Sheriff Dave Westrick again participated in the combine demolition derby held Sunday evening at the Defiance County Fair. The combine derby is the fair's second-most popular event, first introduced ...