Iowa’s population has grown in pockets around its largest cities over the past decade while 68 counties in rural areas lost population. Thousands of baseball fans flocked to Dyersville on Thursday for the first Major League Baseball game played in Iowa at the “Field of Dreams” site. Plus, a look into broadband internet expansion in the state with IPR’s Katarina Sostaric.
Clay Masters is Iowa Public Radio’s Morning Edition host and lead political reporter.