Author Archives: Tim Martin

AFTER EIGHT YEARS LEADING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON INDICATE TOM VILSACK IS LIKELY TO RETURN TO THAT ROLE AS PART OF PRESIDENT-ELECT J...

Medal Winners Waterloo native and wrestling legend Dan Gable received the highest civilian honor this nation presents–the Presidential Medal of Freedom–in an Oval Office White House ceremo...

One person has died following a house fire in Waterloo early yesterday morning. Waterloo Fire Rescue crews responded to a home in the 400 block of Sunnyside Avenue shortly after midnight. Fire was see...

On the Tuesday, December 08, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Employment attorney Bridget Penick on COVID-related legal issues TV9 Meteorologist Kaj O'Mara Dustin Hoffmann of th...

Upholding the Law One of the fundamentals of our American system of government is the rule of law, meaning that we follow laws and not the whims of individuals who may hold public office. In the midst...

WATERLOO FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON THE SCENE OF A FIRE WHICH CHASED AT LEAST A HALF DOZEN PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOME OVERNIGHT. THOSE SIX PEOPLE WERE TREATED FOR FIRE-RELATED CONDITIONS AT LOCAL HOSPITALS....

On the Monday, December 07, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Gov. Kim Reynolds on COVID vaccine distribution TV9 Meteorologist Kaj O'Mara Legal analyst Loretta Powers KXEL's Tim...

President Donald Trump yesterday presented the nation’s highest civilian honor to Waterloo native Dan Gable, the renowned wrestler and coach who won a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in M...

A TRANSITION BETWEEN PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS SHOULD HAVE NO IMPACT ON DISTRIBUTION OF COVID-19 VACCINES IN IOWA. GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS TALKED ABOUT THAT DURING A RECENT INTERVIEW WITH KXEL'S JEFF...

Speaker Speaking Truth, Accidentally Sometimes, in a rare moment, a politician will answer a question and the truth will slip out…exposing their unabashedly craven political motives. Such was th...