Author Archives: Tim Martin

"You Ain’t…Well, You Know" If Joe Biden was trying to get folks to forget the sexual assault allegations levied against him by Tara Reade…he succeeded last Friday with his remarks on...

The mayors of seven Iowa cities-including Waterloo and Cedar Rapids signed a letter appearing in the Des Moines Register calling on federal officials to approve federal aid for cities. The mayors are ...

On the Friday, May 22, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: As a lead in to the Memorial Day weekend, an encore of the popular documentary “From the Battlefront to the Homefro...

I Know What You Are, But What Am I? President Trump came to the 2016 campaign with a well-established image as a street fighter, one who was not afraid to declare anything he had to do with was the bi...

DEERE AND COMPANY EARNINGS BEAT ANALYST ESTIMATES. THE MANUFACTURER MADE $2.11 PER SHARE DURING THE QUARTER WHICH ENDED EARLIER THIS MONTH. EXPECTATIONS HAD BEEN PEGGED LOWER AT $1.72. BOTH THE PROFIT...

Gov. Kim Reynolds says Test Iowa testing will now expand...”anyone who thinks that they should be tested can be.” Previously, Test Iowa was limited to essential workers. The governor made ...

On the Thursday, May 21, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation KXEL’...

Curve Spike Yesterday, the state reported the fewest single day increase in COVID-19 cases in some time…still a significant increase in deaths, but that is to be expected given the course of any...

A SHOOTING IN CEDAR RAPIDS OVERNIGHT SENT A MAN TO THE HOSPITAL. HIS INJURIES WERE CHARACTERIZED AS NON-LIFE THREATENING. POLICE WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT THE INCIDENT AROUND 1 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. THEY RE...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is reopening movie theaters, museums, zoos and wedding reception venues this Friday. Also reopening in time for Memorial Day activities are state campground restrooms, showers a...