Category Archives: KXEL News

MORE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL MAKE THE WEEKEND UNCOMFORTABLE AT BEST AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AT WORST. WITH HEAT INDICES EXPECTED IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVI...

Undeterred by being defeated in a bid for re-election to the U.S. House only eight months ago, Iowa Democrat Abby Finkenauer says she's running for her party's nomination for U.S. Senate in 2022. The ...

FORMER FIRST DISTRICT IOWA CONGRESSWOMAN ABBY FINKENAUER IS NOW OFFICIALLY A U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE. THIS MORNING, FINKENAUER ANNOUNCED SHE WILL SEEK THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION TO CHALLENGE REPUBLICAN C...

A judge says a hospital that treated a Cedar Rapids man for a gunshot wound after authorities say he killed his parents and sister must share his medical records with prosecutors. Judge Lars Anderson ...

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, RAGBRAI RIDERS WILL BE ARRIVING IN WATERLOO. MAYOR QUENTIN HART TALKED ABOUT THE THINGS HE HOPES VISITORS WILL NOTICE. HART WAS A GUEST THIS WEEK DURING KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL. A DOW...

A 15-year-old girl was found dead in the driver's seat of a vehicle Tuesday morning from apparent gunshot wounds. Cedar Rapids Police first got a call about a single-vehicle accident at the Hawthorne ...

A 45-YEAR-OLD MAN AVOIDED SERIOUS INJURIES EVEN THOUGH HIS SMALL PLANE CRASHED ON MONDAY AFTERNOON IN IOWA COUNTY. THE BRIGHT YELLOW SINGLE-ENGINE PLANE COULD NOT GAIN ALTITUDE ON TAKEOFF AND CAME TO ...

UnityPoint Health-Cedar Rapids and Western Home Services in Cedar Falls are partnering to build a new, innovative memory care community in northeast Cedar Rapids. The new facility will deploy a specia...

DEFENSE ATTORNEYS FOR CHRISTIAN BAHENA RIVERA ARE TRYING TO CAST SUSPICION ON OTHER PEOPLE AHEAD OF THEIR CLIENT'S SENTENCING FOR THE MURDER OF MOLLIE TIBBETTS IN 2018. LAST WEEK, BAHENA RIVERA'S LAWY...

The 2024 presidential race came to Des Moines Friday, as no fewer than three possible candidates addressed the Family Leader Summit. One of those was former Vice President Mike Pence, who said he's se...