Author Archives: Tim Martin

State district court judges in Des Moines and Iowa City have declined to halt enforcement of a state requirement for schools to return students to classrooms. The judges Tuesday rejected arguments fro...

On the Tuesday, September 8, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Republican incumbent and candidate for re-election Sen. Joni Ernst TV9 Meteorologist Kaj O’Mara Dustin Hoffma...

Still Not Watching I was asked over the holiday weekend if I had gone back to watching pro sports on television. You may recall that when major league baseball and pro basketball came back followed th...

MANY IOWA FARMERS ARE GLAD TO SEE WETTER CONDITIONS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF SEPTEMBER. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, LIKE THOSE WITH CORN FIELDS DAMAGED BY LAST MONTH'S DERECHO. OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS FROM TV9 TA...

Disagreement continues in Washington, D.C., over further financial aid tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic shutdown. U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst told me Friday that Republicans in the U.S. Senate are ...

An eastern Iowa hog farmer has been sentenced to life in prison in connection with the death of his wife, who was impaled in the back with a corn rake. Iowa District Court Judge Thomas Bitter issued t...

On the Friday, September 4, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Michael Swanger about the new issue of “Iowa History Journal” Mike Waters of 105.7 KOKZ talks about the ...

Meanings for the Day This is the start of the Labor Day weekend, with a national and state holiday on Monday. It’s the last “three day weekend” of the year and ends with a day that w...

LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS ABOUT TO BEGIN. THAT HAS SOME HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CORONAVIRUS SPREADING. DR. JORGE SALINAS IS THE LEAD EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ...

Drought conditions continue to worsen in Iowa as the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report shows nearly the entire state is dry. A swath of the state from the Nebraska border to the edge of Polk County i...