Author Archives: Tim Martin

On the Wednesday, April 8, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Rachel Weinstein, managing editor of the Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, on their free online resou...

How Soon, and How Comfortable We know that the state of Iowa is, in essence, shut down through the end of this month…and probably at least two weeks longer than that. But just for the sake of ar...

The Iowa Department of Public Health says there are 97 additional positive cases to report today, making the statewide total of 1,145…one additional death, a Linn County resident 81 years of age...

LARGE HAIL CAUSED DAMAGE IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND ELSEWHERE IN EASTERN IOWA ON TUESDAY EVENING. IT WAS A QUICK CHANGE TO WHAT WAS OTHERWISE A WARM, PLEASANT DAY. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, ...

Iowa Department of Public Health reported 102 additional positive Covid-19 cases yesterday from the day before, for a total of 1,048. IDPH says an additional death was reported, in Benton County. Betw...

On the Tuesday, April 7, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Glenn McCall, national committeeman of the Republican Party of South Carolina and former senior vice president of finan...

THE WATERLOO CITY COUNCIL VOTED 6-1 IN FAVOR OF A RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS TO ISSUE STATEWIDE SHELTER IN PLACE ORDERS. RESOLUTION SUPPORTERS CITE WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS A DRAMATIC I...

Far From Normal I’ve shared with you before that I’m very fortunate to not have the COVID-19 outbreak affect my daily life very much. A stark reminder of how different things are came yest...

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced today 78 additional cases of COVID-19 in Iowa, totaling 946 positive cases to date. Reynolds said three more Iowans died from the disease bringing the state's death toll to...

HOLY WEEK BEGAN YESTERDAY WITH PALM SUNDAY. MANY NORTHEAST IOWA CATHOLICS IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE CELEBRATED MASS REMOTELY WITH BISHOP MICHAEL JACKELS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS. JACKEL’S MESSAGE ...