Editing Rockwell City, Iowa (section)

=== Annual events ===
Since 2009, Rockwell City has hosted the annual "Sweet Corn Daze" festival, which typically takes place on the first weekend in August and includes a parade, various events, and vendors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A DECADE OF SWEETNESS {{!}} The Graphic-Advocate |url=https://thegraphic-advocate.com/content/decade-sweetness |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=thegraphic-advocate.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sweet Corn Daze {{!}} Rockwell City, IA {{!}} Cruise Calhoun County, Iowa |url=https://www.cruisecalhoun.com/events/sweet_corn_daze/402/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=www.cruisecalhoun.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sweet Corn Daze |url=https://www.rockwellcity.com/sweet-corn-daze |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=www.rockwellcity.com}}</ref>

Rockwell City also hosts the annual Calhoun County Expo, Calhoun County's county fair.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Calhoun County Exposition, Iowa |url=http://calhouncountyexpo.com/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=calhouncountyexpo.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Rockwell City was selected as the location for the county fair in a county-wide election in 1980.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://calhouncountyexpo.com/history/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=calhouncountyexpo.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Prior to that time, Calhoun County had two county fairs, one in Rockwell City and one in neighboring [[Manson, Iowa|Manson]].<ref name=":0" /> A 1979 state law, however, required counties to select a single county fair to be the "Official State Fair" which necessitated the vote and consolidation of county fairs in Calhoun County (among other Iowa counties).<ref name=":0" />