Author Archives: Tim Martin

President Donald Trump approved a disaster declaration for Iowa yesterday morning, and FEMA officials toured damage in Cedar Rapids yesterday afternoon. FEMA director Peter Gaynor, who spoke at a news...

CEDAR FALLS ACTING POLICE CHIEF CRAIG BERTE IS LIKELY TO HAVE THE "ACTING" DESIGNATION REMOVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT. BERTE HAS BEEN SERVING AS ACTING CHIEF SINCE JANUARY. HE IS BEING RECOMMENDE...

On the Monday, August 17, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Rod Pritchard of ITC Midwest on power outages in Iowa TV9 Meteorologist Kaj O’Mara Acting Deputy of Homeland Sec...

Convention Week, Sort Of American political conventions have been the stuff of legends over time…but lately, they’ve become highly scripted, formulaic and somewhat boring. In recent cycles...

Listen to the KXEL Morning Newscast podcast at kxel.com Nearly 90 thousand Iowans spent their seventh night without power last night...half of those in Linn County. Gov. Kim Reynolds toured damage in ...

From the UNI Athletics Department: The Missouri Valley Conference Presidents Council has announced that the league’s schools will not conduct conference competition this fall in any sport. Based...

From Linn County Emergency Management LINN COUNTY, IA - August 14, 2020 - Linn County Emergency Management continues to respond and align resources in response to the August 10 derecho storm. Current ...

On the Friday, August 14, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Legal analyst Loretta Powers TV9 Meteorologist Kaj O’Mara KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Justin Muir about a new ...

And Now, This A new wrinkle in the ongoing discussion about how or when to return to school came this week in the form of 100 mph winds. You can’t very well go back to school in person when the ...

Officials say it will take another five days or longer to restore power to some Iowa homes and businesses that have been without electricity after a wind storm left historic damage across the Midwest ...