Category Archives: KXEL News

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.): DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley says he will seek an eighth term in 2022. The 88-year-old announced his reelection plans early Frida...

Iowa's longest serving U.S. senator, Charles Grassley, announced this morning he is running for re-election. The word came via a tweet from his campaign account at 4 a.m., the time the 88-year-old lea...

From the Associated Press: IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A man who was paralyzed when an Iowa police officer shot him in April is suing the officer. Marcelino Alvarez-Victoriano contends the shooting was not...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The head of Iowa's largest hospital says he's worried a surge in coronavirus cases is burning out many nurses and other staffers. Suresh Gunasekaran, the chief executive office...

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.): DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - More than 18 months after Iowa's first coronavirus case, the state finds itself in a protracted argument over the value of wearing masks...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - More than 18 months after Iowa's first coronavirus case, the state finds itself in a protracted argument over the value of wearing masks, especially in schools. Even as the COV...

From the Associated Press (11:20 a.m.): DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The lawyer representing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in a federal lawsuit over mandatory mask use in schools has asked the judge to allow a te...

From the Associated Press: DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The lawyer representing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in a federal lawsuit over mandatory mask use in schools has asked the judge to allow a temporary order...

From the Associated Press: DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The nation's longest-serving attorney general is seeking another term in Iowa. Seventy-seven-year-old Tom Miller said Saturday that is will seek in 1...

From the Associated Press WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - Waterloo's black police chief says his 15-month tenure is a "case study" for what leaders face as they make overdue changes to improve policing and comm...