DYERSVILLE, IA (IRN) – A business led by Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Thomas has purchased a controlling interest in the Field of Dreams Movie Site in Dyersville. Go the Distance Baseball, LLC, made the announcement Thursday morning. The iconic Field of Dreams Movie Site hosted the first Major League Baseball game played in Iowa in August and a second game between the Reds and Cubs was announced for next year. Terms of the sale were not being made public.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The “full force” of Iowa’s hospital systems and state and local health officials came together Wednesday to send a single, unified message to pregnant women: get vaccinated now against COVID-19, both for yourself and your unborn child. Across the state, doctors are seeing a flood of unvaccinated pregnant women in the ICU, preterm babies in the NICU and stillbirths and pregnant mothers lost to the virus.

ELDRIDGE, IA (IRN) – A former eastern Iowa police officer for the town of Eldridge has been arrested for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl while he was on duty. 24-year-old Andrew Denoyer was arrested Tuesday night. He admitted to the crime.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A national conservation organization is suing the Iowa Department of Natural Resources over a proposed northeast Iowa cattle confinement. The Iowa DNR approved Supreme Beef for a cattle confinement of more than 11,600 cattle animals near Bloody Run Creek. The Sierra Club is suing the DNR, saying the state agency violated its own rules when approving the nutrient management plans.

CORALVILLE, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Heartlanders, eastern Iowa’s newest hockey team, is asking for help naming its new mascot. The mascot’s costume is a deer with antlers. One suggestion–Deery McDeerFace–has already been rejected. The team’s first game will be on Friday, October 22 at Xtream Arena in Coralville.