Author Archives: Tim Martin

The global pandemic slowed the economy...but a new survey of Iowa business leaders suggests optimism. More than 60 percent of those surveyed anticipated making capital expenditures in the third quarte...

On the Monday, June 22, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Karol Shepherd of the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival talked about this year’s virtual activities Legal analyst Lore...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT AT LEAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ON SEVERAL WATERWAYS IN NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA. IN BLACK HAWK COUNTY, BLACK HAWK CREEK WILL BE ABOV...

Waivers of Liability The first Trump campaign rally of the post-COVID era was this past Saturday night. Leading up to it, those on the left who applauded when folks poured into the streets to protest ...

The Waterloo City Council will vote today to change the current policy requiring "critical municipal employees" to live within 10 miles of City Hall. The proposal would require police officers, public...

On the Friday, June 19, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Part one of a conversation with University of Northern Iowa president Mark Nook Legal analyst Loretta Powers (audio and ...

To Testify or To Publish There’s been a lot of talk this week on many of our national programs about a forthcoming book by former National Security Advisor John Bolton. I do have great concerns ...

FEWER IOWANS WHO ARE RECEIVING COVID-19 TESTS ARE GETTING POSITIVE RESULTS. STATE PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICAL DIRECTOR DR. CAITLIN PEDATI TALKED ABOUT IOWA'S CORONAVIRUS SITUATION IN THAT CONTEXT, SAYING TH...

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced yesterday that she was discontinuing regular COVID-19 news briefings, and will instead use her regular weekly news conference to provide necessary updates. At one point, th...

The 2020 UNI football schedule includes all home games kicking off at 4 p.m. this year. The full schedule with game times is below; air time on KXEL is one hour before kickoff. Sep. 05–at Iowa (...