Author Archives: Tim Martin

Competition Makes Us Better I try not to use this microphone to air personal or petty grievances. Your time is more valuable than that, but I do want to share a story that I think suggests why competi...

It's been 15 nights since the derecho hit Cedar Rapids...and some residents still did not have electricity last night, following a day when heat indices neared triple digits. The number of customers w...

On the Monday, August 24, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Mary Landhuis of the Lisle Corporation and EZ Way, Inc., of Clarinda Legal analyst and author Dr. Wendy Patrick (both ...

IT'S BEEN NEARLY TWO WEEKS SINCE RECORD STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS CHANGED LIVES AND THE LANDSCAPE IN CEDAR RAPIDS. AS OF THIS MORNING, ALLIANT ENERGY REPORTED THAT OVER 13-HUNDRED PEOPLE WERE STILL WITHOUT ...

Social Media…Isn’t Really This is no great revelation, but the term “social media” is kind of interesting…because most of the posts you’ll find there are anything b...

A man was killed in a two-vehicle accident in Black Hawk County Saturday morning. Shortly after 11 a.m., officials were sent to a report of a collision along southbound Interstate 380, near mile marke...

On the Friday, August 21, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Libertarian Party vice-presidential candidate Spike Cohen TV9 Meteorologist Kaj O’Mara Mike Waters of 105.7 KOKZ...

THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SAYS FIVE THOUSAND GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL SPILLED WHEN A TANKER TRUCK CRASHED INTO A WATERLOO HOUSE ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE TRUCK WAS CARRYING 7,500 GALLONS A...

President Donald Trump approved Governor Kim Reynolds' request for funding under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) individual assistance program for Linn County. This came yesterd...

A VIOLENT ACCIDENT RATTLED A WATERLOO NEIGHBORHOOD THIS MORNING, CAUSING MASSIVE DAMAGE TO A HOME AND LEAVING A GASOLINE TANKER TRUCK UPSIDE DOWN ON A FRONT LAWN. THE WRECK HAPPENED NEAR THE FOUR-WAY ...