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BOONE — The Class 3A and 4A site for the 2024 Iowa High School State Baseball Tournament will be Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, following approval by the IHSAA board. The 5,300-seat home of the Cedar Rapids Kernels was selected through a summer bidding process. The one-year agreement follows three seasons at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City for the larger school classes. When IHSAA

IN JANUARY 1961, Dwight Eisenhower delivered his farewell address after serving two terms as U.S. president; the five-star general chose to warn Americans of this specific threat to democracy: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of

Chesebro gets cut from the indictment list with a plea deal. Details to follow. Another Trump conspirator pleads guilty - Kenneth Chesebro, a co-defendant in former President Donald Trump's Georgia election interference case, has taken a last-minute plea deal in the case. The deal comes after the jury selection process had gotten underway Friday. pic.twitter.com/uFplSMRea6 — John P. Flannery

National gas prices rose by 4 cents on Tuesday to $3.64, the highest single-day increase since last June, according to AAA. But gas now is much cheaper than it was a year ago, when the national price average topped $5 per gallon for the first time in early June 2022. Those soaring prices were used by Republicans to attack the Biden administration and Democrats in last year’s midterm elections