DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Transportation unveiled a new project meant to improve traffic capacity and bridge conditions between interstate interchanges northeast of Des Moines, including a new lane in each direction. Total construction costs are estimated at $64.2 million. The current construction schedule is starting in the fall of 2027 and ending in December 2027.

AMES, IA (IRN) – Ames police are working to find out how a person died at an apartment complex after getting a report of a dead body. They don’t believe there is a threat to the community.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Every year Iowa Republicans host the Lincoln Dinner and this year’s focus was to celebrate the state keeping our first in the nation status for the Iowa Republican Caucus. After the developments from the FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida, the discussion centered around alleged abuses by the Department of Justice and what Republicans call an obsession with the former president.

DYERSVILLE, IA (IRN) – The movie “Field of Dreams” gets another tribute tonight when the Cinncinatti Reds take on the Chicago Cubs in a throwback ballpark in the cornfields of eastern Iowa. The game is near Dyersville, and is a short walk from the field where Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta and Amy Madigan filmed the 1989 movie. The game comes 2 1/2 months after Liotta, who played the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson, died at age 67.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The 2022 Iowa State Fair begins today and runs 11 days hrough Sunday, August 21. See you at the fair!