Author Archives: Tim Martin

BLACK HAWK COUNTY WAS ON THE PERIPHERY OF MONDAY'S WIND STORM WHICH CAUSED WIDESPREAD PROPERTY AND CROP DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH THE WORST OF THE STORM WENT SOUTH, BLACK HAWK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORD...

On the Thursday, August 13, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Marc Lotter, director of strategic communication for Trump Pence 2020 Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio...

The Real Race Yesterday we discussed the choice of U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California as the Democrat’s vice presidential nominee. Immediately after the announcement, Vice President Mike Penc...

Nearly a quarter million Iowans spent a third night without power last night, the continuing aftermath of the derecho that struck Iowa Monday afternoon. Cedar Rapids school officials say the start of ...

On the Wednesday, August 12, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Former U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner about the Retirement Security Coalition Legal analyst Dr. Wendy Patri...

THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR IS QUICKLY APPROACHING FOR MANY IOWA DISTRICTS. YESTERDAY, GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS OF BRINGING STUDENTS BACK TO CLASSROOMS. REYNOLDS SAYS SO...

Monday's derecho storm could lead to a third of Iowa's corn crop being affected...that's according to Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Mike Naig, who spoke to reporters yesterday dur...

The Worst Kept Secret Joe Biden’s selection yesterday of U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California as his running mate was the worst kept secret on the planet. She was the most obvious choice…...

On the Tuesday, August 11, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 update on crop damage Lou Sipolt of KCWI-TV23&...

Any Body But Them I was made aware of a current country song, recorded by a young man named Travis Denning, from an album entitled, “Beer’s Better Cold”. That’s a pretty good s...