Category Archives: KXEL News

Iowa's Ethics Board has found that Gov. Kim Reynolds did not violate any laws when she appeared in a series of taxpayer-funded advertisements last fall. The State Auditor's Office released findings of...

Iowa's population has grown in pockets around its largest cities over the past decade, while 68 counties in rural areas lost population. According to U.S. Census data released yesterday, the biggest p...

IowaWORKS will host an Open Air Career Fair at Riverfront Stadium in Waterloo on Wednesday, August 25 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The in-person career fair is open to the public with no cost and will...

The number of new COVID-19 cases in Linn County dropped by half in the past week...from 304 last week to only 117 in the current week, reversing an upward trend over the past three weeks. Officials sa...

TUESDAY, IOWANS REFLECTED ON A STORM WHICH CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE IN MANY COMMUNITIES. IOWA GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS WAS AMONG THOSE THINKING ABOUT LAST YEAR'S DERECHO. SPEAKING WITH OUR COVERAGE PARTNERS...

Iowa has thrown out tens of thousands of expired COVID-19 vaccine doses and could be forced to dispose of hundreds of thousands more if demand for the vaccine continues to lag in the state. Iowa Depar...

AUTHORITIES RECOVERED A BODY FROM GEORGE WYTH STATE PARK ON MONDAY. THE NAME OF THE MAN WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY RELEASED; HE WAS FOUND IN ONE OF THE PARK'S LAKES. SEARCHERS HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR HIM SINCE ...

The Cedar Rapids Jaycees have cancelled the rest of this year's Uptown Friday Night concerts. Concerts had been planned for August 20th and 27th, and September 3rd. In a news release, the Jaycees cite...

FLOODING BECAME A CONCERN IN PARTS OF NORTHERN IOWA AFTER OVERNIGHT STORMS DUMPED HEAVY RAIN. SOME PARTS OF FLOYD AND CHICKASAW COUNTIES SAW AS MUCH AS EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN. FOR A TIME, A FLASH FLOOD ...

A farmers co-op that has called Arlington home for more than a century is closing its doors at the end of this year. The Viafield location off State Highway 187 made an official announcement last week...