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Aug. 10—The Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds are scheduled to meet in the 2022 MLB Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 11. The game is scheduled to start at 6:15 p.m. CT/7:15 p.m. ET. This marks the second consecutive year that MLB has hosted a game at the site of the 1989 movie "Field of Dreams." The Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees 9-8 in Dyersville on ...
It’s only August, but there was plenty for Kentucky basketball fans to like about the Wildcats’ opener in the Bahamas on Wednesday night. The Dominican Republic National Select Team was expected to pose a bit of a challenge to the Cats, who just started practicing together in June and were playing outside competition for the first time on this trip. Instead, it was a UK rout. Kentucky defeated ...
Aug. 10—Hiawatha's longtime City Manager Kim Downs has announced she will be joining the city of Marion as deputy city manager in September. Downs, who's held the Hiawatha post since 2013, will be joining Marion City Manager Ryan Waller's "Team Marion" on Sept. 6. Her last day in Hiawatha is Sept. 2. The Marion City Council must approve Downs' contract at its next meeting, with a salary of ...
The inaugural Field of Dreams game between the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees one year ago turned into an instant classic. The TV presentation, the sight of “Field of Dreams” star Kevin Costner leading the players through the cornfield to the ballpark in Dyersville, Iowa, the sounds of crickets chirping and the game itself all lived up to the hype. It’s probably unfair to judge ...
Aug. 10—The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Iowa increased for the second week in a row, while the number of new virus cases continued to decrease. In the past week, 323 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19, up from 309 patients the week before. The number of patients in intensive care declined from 41 to 32, according to federal health data. In the past week, 5,660 new COVID-19 ...
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Aug. 10—Tuition rates for Kirkwood Community College students this fall are expected to be 7.5 percent above last fall — marking the steepest increase this academic year among community colleges in the state, according to college documents. Just over a week before classes are scheduled to resume Aug. 22 for the fall semester, Kirkwood's Board of Trustees will consider Thursday approving an ...
Aug. 10—CEDAR RAPIDS — After the Cedar Rapids school board signed off on an agreement to reduce the number of police in schools from seven to five, members of the Cedar Rapids City Council — which unanimously backed a contract for seven officers — made their discontent with the move clear but will accept the change. But as the Cedar Rapids Police Department has proposed minor amendments to the ...
Aug. 10—Competition for the 2022 Iowa high school fall golf season begins Thursday with the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet at Hunters Ridge Golf Course in Marion. Here are some Gazette-area players and teams to watch for the upcoming season. Golfers to watch Charlie Allen, sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier — Two-time state participant, two-time first-team all-Mississippi Valley Conference ...
A kayaker was found dead in a bayou after his father noticed his kayak was overturned, Louisiana police said. The kayaker was identified as 28-year-old David Anderson, according to WGNO. Anderson’s father called police at 10 p.m. Aug. 9 once he spotted the kayak flipped in the Doubloon Bayou in Slidell just behind his home, but his son was nowhere to be found, according to a news release from ...