Category Archives: KXEL News

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) - Two people, including a teenager, are under arrest after drag racing and leading police on a vehicle chase to Waterloo. Just after 1 a.m. Sunday, Cedar Falls Police tried to...

From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom:   All in-person visits are indefinitely suspended at the Anamosa State Penitentiary. The Iowa Department of Corrections says the suspension is due to ongoing safety an...

TAMA, Iowa (KCRG) - Records obtained through open records requests show public safety spending surged while the city's fund balance dropped, and it comes as top city leaders resigned. After The Des Mo...

From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom:   A Black Hawk County supervisor faces another sex abuse charge. Prosecutors charged Christopher Schwartz with third-degree sexual abuse.Court documents on this latest...

WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) - A Waterloo man is charged after police say he admitted to killing his mother, according to court documents filed Monday. 27-year-old Nicholas Fettkether was charged with second...

WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) - A woman is dead and a man is in jail following a welfare check on Saturday, April 4. At approximately 11:36 a.m., Waterloo Police Officers were dispatched to the 3900 Block of ...

From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom:   Strong winds, hail, and a rope tornado spotted near West Branch were part of a thunderstorm system that swept through eastern Iowa yesterday afternoon. Hail damaged ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI/KCRG) - Greg Samorajski, the CEO of Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System, has been placed on paid leave because of misconduct allegations, according to the governor's office...

From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom:   A jury has convicted an Iowa man of 2nd degree murder in a nearly 40 year old cold case. Barbara Lenz disappeared from Woodbine in 1989, and her body has never been ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) - A juvenile was seriously injured in an e-bike crash in Cedar Falls Monday night. Cedar Falls police responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Greenhill Road an...