Category Archives: KXEL News

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.): DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa's unemployment rate dropped slightly in October to 3.9%. Iowa Workforce Development announced Friday that the rate declined from 4%...

From the Associated Press: IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Alumni and students are protesting Coe College's treatment of a prominent Black trustee who has resigned after criticizing the school's recent preside...

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.): BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) - The new Interstate 74 bridge at Bettendorf is set to open next month, a year late and nearly $75 million over the original bid. The Quad...

From the Associated Press: DETROIT (AP) - Deere workers approved a new contract Wednesday that will deliver 10% raises immediately and end a monthlong strike for more than 10,000 employees. The United...

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.): MOLINE, Ill. (AP) - More than 10,000 striking Deere & Co. workers are voting on a new contract offer from the tractor maker, but this third deal is striking...

From the Associated Press: IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A former manager for an influential Iowa-based pork dealer has died in a crash, days after federal prosecutors charged him in a scheme to swindle hog ...

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.): IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A former manager for an influential Iowa-based pork dealer has died in a crash, days after federal prosecutors charged him in a scheme to...

From the Associated Press: DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A new state audit report on government spending accuses Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds of using nearly $450,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds to pay sa...

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.): SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa State Patrol says a Minnesota woman and her 1-year-old baby died in a crash in northwestern Iowa that also injured four others...

From the Associated Press: DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Two southeast Iowa teenagers have been formally charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of a high school Spanis...