Category Archives: KXEL News

JOHN DEERE WILL BE ADDING MORE AUTOMATION EXPERTS TO ITS PERSONNEL ROSTER. ON THURSDAY, DEERE & COMPANY ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL BUY BEAR FLAG ROBOTICS FOR 250 MILLION DOLLARS. THAT CALIFORNIA COMPA...

The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor was released yesterday morning, and a large area of northeast and east central Iowa is now in "extreme drought" status, including areas of Bremer, Grundy, Hardin, Black...

AN IMPROMPTU SWIM IN THE CEDAR RIVER PROVED FATAL IN CEDAR RAPIDS LAST MONTH. ON WEDNESDAY, AUTHORITIES RELEASED THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO DROWNED. 44-YEAR-OLD CLIFFORD JONES WAS REPORTEDLY WALKING HIS ...

The waiver of building department permit fees for derecho-damaged structures and temporary housing agreements for those displaced after the derecho all expire on the one-year anniversary of the storm,...

A CEDAR RAPIDS UNSOLVED MURDER REMAINS UNSOLVED AFTER AUTHORITIES BELIEVED THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE CASE EARLIER THIS YEAR. CHARGES AGAINST MYKEL ROBERTS HAVE BEEN DROPPED. IN MARCH, ROBERTS TO...

A Marion teenager who was critically injured in an amusement ride accident that killed his younger brother was released yesterday after a month in the hospital. An attorney for 16-year-old David Jaram...

FEWER SCOOTERS AND MORE MATURE RIDERS ARE THE EXPECTED RESULTS FROM CHANGES TO WATERLOO RULES FOR THE RENTABLE MOTORIZED DEVICES. CITY CODE COVERING SCOOTERS WAS UPDATED DURING MONDAY'S COUNCIL MEETIN...

An Iowa judge yesterday rejected a request for new trial in the case of Cristhian Bahena Rivera, convicted of murdering college student Mollie Tibbetts three years ago in Poweshiek County. Bahena Rive...

SOUTHEAST IOWA AUTHORITIES SAY THE BODY OF A MISSING OTTUMWA WOMAN HAS BEEN RECOVERED IN THE DES MOINES RIVER. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN WAPELLO COUNTY BEGAN LOOKING FOR 60-YEAR-OLD ELIZABETH SHOWALTER ON SA...

A 22-year-old Marion man was killed in a collision between his car and a semi Saturday morning. It took place just before 10 o'clock along Iowa Highway 1, south of Mount Vernon when a southbound vehic...