Author Archives: Tim Martin

I’m Still Speaking Yesterday, we started having “the talk”, which we do around each election. If you missed it, the podcast is at kxel-dot-com. I reminded you that federal law prohib...

A school bus on the way home from classes veered into a ditch following a collision south of Denver yesterday afternoon. It happened shortly around 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Burton Avenue and B...

54-YEAR-OLD SHARON HANGARTNER DISAPPEARED BEFORE DAWN ON SUNDAY MORNING. HER BODY WAS DISCOVERED LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BY AUTHORITIES SEARCHING NEAR A PARK IN HIAWATHA. AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CEDAR R...

Today is scheduled to be the final day of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings into the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. Both of Iowa's U.S. senators serve on the commit...

On the Wednesday, October 14, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Zack Kucharski of The Gazette with more about this week’s Iowa Ideas forum TV9 Meteorologist Jan Ryherd Lega...

SEVERAL TYPES OF MUNICIPAL REVENUE ARE EXPECTED TO BE DOWN THIS YEAR, DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS. WATERLOO MAYOR QUENTIN HART RECENTLY LOOKED AT SOME OF THE INCOME THAT IS LIKELY TO BE REDUCED. HART DID N...

It’s Time for “The Talk” No, not *that* talk…you should have already had *that* talk by now. This is the talk we have every time an election rolls around about the ads you hear...

State budget experts say they expect state revenues to be about $1.9 million less than last year, revising their estimate to $7.91 billion. The forecasters also estimated yesterday that the state will...

On the Tuesday, October 13, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Anne Hendershott, author of “The Politics of Envy” U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) Dustin Hoffmann o...

A CHURCH LOCATED BETWEEN GLADBROOK AND GREEN MOUNTAIN WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE ON MONDAY EVENING. IN WINDY CONDITIONS, THICK BLACK SMOKE FROM CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WAS BLOWN OVER SURROUNDING FAR...