Category Archives: KXEL News

From KCRG-TV9: Around 8:00 pm KCRG-TV9 received calls about a fire out at the Marion YMCA in the 3700 block of Irish Drive. Marion Fire Chief Debra Krebill confirmed the fire at approximately 8:15 p.m...

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.): DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Legislature has been trying for a decade to make it illegal for animal rights groups to sneak cameras into livestock barns to r...

From the Associated Press: DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - For years Americans have been told autonomous technology was improving and that driverless vehicles were just around the corner. Finally they're here...

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - A Coralville man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a fatal 2020 crash police say he caused while under the influence of ille...

From KCRG-TV9: The Cedar Rapids Police Department said in a news release two Monday night shootings, roughly 90 minutes apart, were not related. Police said one person was hurt in each of those shooti...

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.): BOONE, Iowa (AP) - Authorities now say that speed and alcohol were likely factors in a November crash that killed a police officer from Boone. The Polk County S...

From KCRG-TV9: Two shootings, two hours apart in Cedar Rapids Monday night. At approximately 8:38 p.m., Cedar Rapids police responded to a call of a shooting in the 1000th block of 19th St. SE. Detail...

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.): WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - Officials have identified a woman killed last month in a house fire in Waterloo. The Courier reports that authorities identified the woman...

From the Associated Press: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Avian flu has been confirmed in a backyard flock of birds in central Illinois. State Agriculture officials said Saturday that the flock is non-comme...

From the Associated Press: SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - An Oklahoma man has been sentenced to five years in prison for the beating death of his brother-in-law outside a Sioux City motel. 36-year-old Jordan...