Author Archives: Tim Martin

SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY ABOUT COVID-19. AT THE SAME TIME SOME TYPICAL ROUTINES HAVE BEEN RE-ESTABLISHED, POSITIVE CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS HAVE ALSO INCREASED NOTICEABLY. LINN C...

The Real Independence Day Today, July 2nd, could quite easily have been proclaimed United States of America Independence Day. It’s not, of course, but helps explain why I’m such a stickler...

A total of 15 people, including 2 juveniles, were arrested on the state capitol grounds in Des Moines yesterday afternoon. Our coverage partners at KCCI-TV say this followed a demonstration where prot...

A 27-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS INJURED IN A CEDAR RAPIDS SHOOTING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. FIRST RESPONDERS CAME TO THE WOMAN'S AID IN THE 14OO BLOCK OF 32ND STREET NORTHEAST. POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING HAPPENED...

On the Wednesday, July 01, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: J.D. Davis & Brad Hartkopf of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry break down the Iowa legislative sess...

COVID-19, Month Five Today, the first of July, is the start of month five since phrases like COVID-19, pandemic, and coronavirus became part of our daily vernacular. We heard for some time that people...

On the Tuesday, June 30, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Chris Bliley, senior vice president of Growth Energy KXEL’s Tim Harwood with ISU Extension’s Cindy Thompson...

A portion of a new law that would impose a 24-hour waiting period on all abortions has been temporarily blocked by a Johnson County judge...just a few hours before it was to go into effect. The law wa...

THE SAME DAY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT QUASHED A LOUISIANA ABORTION LAW, IOWA GOV. KIM REYNOLDS SIGNED A BILL REQUIRING WOMEN TO WAIT 24 HOURS TO GET AN ABORTION. THE NEW IOWA LEGISLATION IS SIMILAR TO A...

Today is the end of the second quarter of 2020, which means release of the Iowa Business Council's quarterly survey of members. Joe Murphy is executive director of the group, and while results are not...