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The Iowa City Fire Department responded to a fire at Dolphin Point Enclave Building 22, 2401 Highway 6 East, on the south side of Iowa City around 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday, September 7, 2011. Upon their arrival, firefighters rescued two people from the building and quickly put out the fire. The Iowa City Fire Department [...]

– Note: This is part of Matt Nelson’s “Ballparks of the Midwest” series. Wyoming. Population 563,626. The least populated state in the country. Population density…5.1 people for every square mile of land in the state (49th in rank). Oh, but they do have minor league baseball in the Cowboy State, even if it’s not exactly a baseball [...]

This is part of Matt Nelson’s series, “Ballparks of the Midwest.” Is it “The Home of the Owlz,” or “Brent Brown Ballpark?” Brent Brown is a Toyota dealer down the street from the ballpark in Orem, Utah. The ballpark, located on the campus of Utah Valley University , is the subject of an unusual ballpark naming situation. The Orem Owlz , a Pioneer [...]

PNC Park. AT&T Park. Two places known nationally for the spectacular views from the ballpark. Less known, but equally spectacular, is the setting at Spring Mobile Ballpark in Salt Lake City, Utah, home of the Salt Lake Bees (Utah is the Beehive State), the AAA affiliate of the Angels in the Pacific Coast League. Spring Mobile Ballpark opened as [...]

Note: This is part of Matt Nelson’s “Ballparks of the Midwest” series. Yes. It feels like the big leagues. AutoZone Park in downtown Memphis, home of the Memphis Redbirds , the AAA affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals , is the most expensive minor league ballpark ever built, and it shows. The $80-million stadium opened in 2000 and it’s clear that the money [...]

Note: Lindquist Field in Ogden was not originally scheduled as a full ballpark visit for Matt Nelson’s Ballparks of the Midwest series , so there is no complete video review of this park. However, there are plenty of ballpark shots in the video clip below that follows two native Eastern Iowans and their time during the 2011 [...]

Note: This is part of Matt Nelson’s Ballparks of the Midwest series. Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock, Arkansas is a fine AA park with a nice view across the river of downtown Little Rock, and with a classic baseball atmosphere, mostly due to one man. That man is Trey the Organist. Trey Trimble is only in his [...]

Note: This is part of Matt Nelson’s Ballparks of the Midwest series. As of July 2011, I have been to minor league baseball games at more than 40 minor league ballparks. The first of which I visited at the age of nine, is Waterloo’s Riverfront Stadium (which has also been known as Municipal Stadium). Located along [...]

Note: This is part of Matt Nelson’s “Ballparks of the Midwest” series. Principal Park in Des Moines is home to the Iowa Cubs , the AAA affiliate of the Chicago bear-themed baseball club. Opened in 1992 as Sec Taylor Stadium , the ballpark changed names in 2004, but the playing surface is still known as Sec Taylor Field. Home plate [...]

CRAWFORDSVILLE -A Washington, Iowa woman was hurt in a rollover crash along Highway 218 early Friday morning. Rachael Beard, 31, was northbound in a pickup around 12:15 a.m. when she crashed about one-half mile south of 310th Street, according to the Iowa State Patrol. Troopers determined Beard veered onto the shoulder and then over-corrected, causing [...]

Note: This is part of Matt Nelson’s Ballparks of the Midwest series. Pringles Park in Jackson, Tennessee is the only professional sports venue between Nashville and Memphis on Interstate 40. The stadium opened in 1998 as the home of the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx. Prior to 2011 the AA Southern League franchise changed its name in an effort to [...]

Note: This is part of Matt Nelson’s Ballparks of the Midwest series. Werner Park in Papillion, Nebraska, is the new home of the Omaha Storm Chasers , formerly known as the Omaha Royals, the AAA affiliate of the Kansas City Royals in the Pacific Coast League. Sarpy County helped fund the new park which is basically located in the middle [...]

The Iowa City Fire Department was called to a storage shed fire at 401 Kirkwood Avenue in Iowa City around 6:00p.m. on Sunday, May 29, 2011. The fire was first reported by paramedics from the Johnson County Ambulance Service who happened to be driving by and saw the flames. When the fire department arrived the [...]

 The DOT in Coralville said the lighted billboard sign went live about two weeks ago.  They have also added signs along the 5 mile construction zone warning truck drivers to use the left lane.  Despite the efforts by the DOT many truckers are still traveling through the route, which spans from the Hebert Hoover Highway [...]