Category Archives: KXEL News

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Linn County Treasurer's Office closed to walk-in customers at noon on Thursday as staff said COVID-19 cases and exposures have caused a staffing shortage. The office wi...

Today is "News/Talk 1540 KXEL Day" in the state of Iowa, following issuance of a proclamation yesterday by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in a ceremony at the state capitol in Des Moines. Earlier, Waterloo Ma...

LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - Wednesday at approximately 3:36 pm, the Linn County Sheriff's Office received a call from Palisades State Park for a person who went into the water and began to struggle. Fe...

IOWA FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa State Patrol says a driver falling asleep at the wheel is to blame for a crash in central Iowa Wednesday morning. In a crash report, Iowa State Patrol said the crash hap...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Cedar Rapids City Council approved a deal to buy the building across the street from its city hall building for $2.5 Million on Tuesday afternoon. Documents said the bu...

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (KCRG) - The city of Independence is holding a special election next week, on Tuesday, to find a new mayor. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and people can fill out absente...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Several weeks after a vehicle hit a protestor in Cedar Rapids, police released a statement announcing they have completed their work in regards to the case. Preliminary inv...

WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) - A man was sent to the hospital after a shooting in Waterloo Sunday evening. Police said it happened just at about 7:48 p.m. at a home in the 700 block of West 5th Street. Polic...

BEDFORD, Iowa (AP) - A Missouri resident is hospitalized in intensive care after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that likely happened after swimming in a southeastern Iowa lake. The Iow...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Republicans saw a boost in new registrations in Iowa after the June primary. The Iowa Secretary of State's office releases voter registration data monthly. From June to Jul...