Category Archives: KXEL News

From the Associated Press: DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - About 400 workers at Planned Parenthood offices in five Midwestern states plan to unionize. The move comes as their employer deals with the potential...

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.): MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Rising material prices and legal expenses are expected to add nearly $50 million more to the cost of a power transmission line being built ...

From the Associated Press: DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Deer hunters will be able to use semi-automatic rifles during a newly created antlerless season in January under a bill approved by lawmakers and sen...

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.): DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa lawmakers ended their legislative session, about five weeks behind schedule because of a dispute over education spending. The Senat...

The Iowa legislature adjourned for the year shortly after midnight this morning. The final actions were related to passage of an $8.2 billion state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. From ...

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.): DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa Supreme Court decision is holding back the state's solidly Republican Legislature and governor from banning abortion if the U.S....

From the Associated Press: DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley says Gov. Kim Reynolds' proposal to divert about $55 million from public schools to private school scholarships will ...

Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley says the Iowa Legislature won't pass Gov. Kim Reynolds' private education bill this year. "It doesn't look like we're going to be able to put the votes together in the ...

From KCRG-TV9: WATERLOO, Iowa - Law enforcement officials are seeking any information related to the shooting death of a woman early on Sunday morning. At around 3:24 a.m., the Waterloo Police Departm...

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.): HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - Siemens Gamesa wind-energy plants in Hutchinson, Kansas, and Fort Madison, Iowa, will close down while the company waits for new orders....