Dubuque County, IA

It's open season on The Field of Dreams. Another huge project that would drastically change the popular Iowa tourist spot forever is in the works. This time it is a $50 million permanent stadium that would be built around the field that Major League Baseball built for the first professional game held there last year, according to the Des Moines Register.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - New documents are shedding more light on an increasingly public feud within the Dubuque County Attorney’s Office that will spill into November’s election. Assistant Dubuque County Attorney Richard Kirkendall, who is running against current Dubuque County Attorney C.J. May this fall, released a redacted...

Five more COVID-19-related deaths were reported in the area from May 4th to Wednesday, and the number of people with the coronavirus who were hospitalized in Dubuque went up slightly. During the seven-day period, one more COVID-19-related death was reported in Dubuque County, as well as one more each in Grant, Iowa and Lafayette counties in Wisconsin and one in Jo Daviess County in Illinois. This is the first Dubuque County death reported since March. There were a total of eight people with COVID-19 hospitalized Wednesday at UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospital and MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center. That total was one higher than one week earlier.

Dubuque County assistant attorney Richard Kirkendall says he is being fired despite being cleared by an internal investigation, moves he says are political retaliation as he seeks the county attorney’s seat. Kirkendall was placed on administrative leave in late March after an internal complaint was filed against him alleging verbal harassment. The complaint was investigated by Dubuque County’s Human Resources Department. Kirkendall is running for county attorney in the November election and claimed when he was placed on leave that the move was one of retaliation for seeking the seat currently held by C.J. May III, a claim that May has denied.

A man from Cedar Rapids has been sentenced to two years in prison for assaulting a woman with the intent to sexually abuse her in Dubuque County. 51 year old Bart Friederick was sentenced in Iowa District Court of Dubuque County after entering an Alford plea to a charge of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. An Alford plea is not an admission of guilt, but the defendant acknowledges that sufficient evidence for a conviction exists. Friederick initially was charged with third-degree sexual abuse but entered the plea for the amended charge. A report says Friederick assaulted a woman in November 2019 after a night spent consuming alcohol and smoking marijuana at a Dubuque County home.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa —  Local leaders in Dubuque County have launched a plan to build a stadium at the Field of Dreams near Dyersville. The Dubuque County Board of Supervisors voted to give $5 million in Cares Act funds to construct a stadium around the Major League Baseball field. The City of Dyersville also has chipped […]

The U.S. reported over 463,000 new cases of coronavirus over the seven days ending May 10, bringing the total count to more than 81.0 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 990,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a steady rate. In […]

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - Dubuque’s County Attorney strongly denied claims from an assistant in his office who claims he is being fired for political reasons. Assistant Dubuque County attorney Richard Kirkendall has been on leave since March pending an internal investigation. That happened shortly after Kirkendall announced he was running for Dubuque County Attorney in November, challenging his boss, C.J. May for the seat.

Dubuque County, IA – According to the DCSO, the fatal crash occurred right before 5 a.m. Sunday morning. It happened on Iowa Highway 32 near Kennedy Road. Dubuque County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a crash. The responding deputies discovered that a single vehicle crashed at...

The Dubuque County Supervisors have approved spending five million dollars in federal funding on a permanent stadium next to the “Field of Dreams” movie site near Dyersville — and a new non-profit plans to seek other grants and private donations for the 50 million dollar project. Major...

Travel Dubuque and a new nonprofit are pitching a permanent 3,000-seat, $50-million ballpark as part of Dyersville’s Field of Dreams site, in addition to the $80-million expansion already planned for the iconic Iowa film location. In April Go the Distance Baseball, LLC unveiled an $80-million plan to expand the...

It's open season on The Field of Dreams. Another huge project that would drastically change the popular Iowa tourist spot forever is in the works. This time it is a $50 million permanent stadium that would be built around the field that Major League Baseball built for the first professional game held there last year, according to the Des Moines Register.

Chicago White Sox pitcher Lance Lynn warms up in the outfield before a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021 in Dyersville, Iowa. The Yankees and White Sox are playing at a temporary stadium in the middle of a cornfield at the Field of Dreams movie site, the first Major League Baseball game held in Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)