Author Archives: Tim Martin

Ames Police say an autopsy shows the death last month of a 21-year-old woman outside an Iowa State University sorority house was caused by acute alcohol intoxication and hypothermia. Emergency respond...

On the Wednesday, February 24, 2021 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Michael Dolch of the Iowa Soybean Association TV9 Meteorologist Kaj O'Mara KXEL's Tim Harwood with Katie Klus of ...

THE SUSPECT IN A FATAL WEEKEND STABBING IN CEDAR RAPIDS DIED ON TUESDAY. POLICE SHOT 39-YEAR-OLD ARNELL STATES SATURDAY AS HE RAN FROM A MOTEL WHERE TWO WOMEN HAD BEEN STABBED. NO MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME...

What About Election Day? There are proposals making their way through the Iowa legislature to shorten the number of days in advance of election day when you can go and vote. By the time you hear this,...

The U.S. Senate voted 92-7 yesterday to confirm Tom Vilsack as U.S. Agriculture Secretary. The 70-year-old former Iowa governor spent eight years leading the same department in the Obama Administratio...

On the Tuesday, February 23, 2021 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Stephen Soukup, author of “The Dictatorship of Woke Capital” TV9 Meteorologist Kaj O'Mara Dustin Hoffma...

THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD KATRINA BRINSON WAS THE WOMAN FATALLY STABBED AT A CEDAR RAPIDS MOTEL ON SATURDAY. POLICE ANNOUNCED BRINSON'S IDENTITY ON MONDAY. ANOTHER WOMAN WAS INJURED AND THE MALE SUSPECT IN...

From UNI Athletics CARBONDALE, Illinois - The UNI volleyball team took on Southern Illinois in their second match in as many days, defeating the Salukis in five sets 18-25, 19-25, 29-27, 25-23, 15-13....

Some New Voices Time to talk again about some programming issues on KXEL. Some of you have expressed concern about our use of Fox News, saying it's not the same Fox News it used to be. We've actually ...

A plan to develop a casino in Cedar Rapids could be considered by voters later this year. According to the Linn County Auditor’s Office, voters could see a gambling referendum appear on the ball...