Category Archives: KXEL News

ON THURSDAY, IOWA GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SIGNED A BILL WHICH BACKERS SAY PROVIDES NEW SUPPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE MEASURE MAKES IT HARDER TO WIN MONETARY DAMAGES FROM LAWSUITS AGAINST POLICE AND IN...

A new monthly survey of bankers suggests strong growth continues across rural parts of Iowa and 9 other Plains and Western states. The overall Rural Mainstreet economic index slipped to 70.0 in June f...

MOURNING FRIENDS AND FORMER CLASSMATES CAME TOGETHER AT CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO REMEMBER SABRINA JACKSON. ALONG WITH HER PARENTS, JACKSON WAS FATALLY SHOT ON TUESDAY, AND H...

A criminal complaint shows 20-year-old Alex Jackson told investigators a masked man broke into his family's Cedar Rapids home Tuesday morning. That's where his parents and sister were found shot to de...

THIRD TERM WATERLOO STATE REPRESENTATIVE RAS SMITH IS THE FIRST PERSON TO FORMALLY ANNOUNCE A 2022 CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR. TUESDAY EVENING AT THE RIVERLOOP AMPHITHEATER, SMITH SPOKE ABOUT THE CONSEQUEN...

Cedar Rapids Police say a man shot and killed three members of his family yesterday morning in a home on the northeast side of Cedar Rapids. The victims were 61-year-old Jan Perry Jackson, 68-year-old...

A CEDAR VALLEY MAN HAS ADMITTED HIS INVOLVEMENT IN A CRIME SPREE CULMINATING IN A FAILED ARMORED TRUCK ROBBERY LAST SPRING. ON MONDAY, KEVIN CRUZ ENTERED A PLEA OF GUILTY TO CHARGES RELATED TO THAT IN...

Iowa State Patrol officials confirm pursuit of a stolen vehicle ended in a rollover accident after officers discontinued the chase. The incident started just before 7:30 yesterday morning on Interstat...

AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN A CEDAR RAPIDS DRIVE-BY SHOOTING WHICH HAPPENED LAST MONTH. 32-YEAR-OLD MONTEL REED WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY DAVENPORT POLICE, THEN BROUGHT BACK TO CEDAR RAPIDS...

The former head of the Iowa Department of Human Services is suing Gov. Kim Reynolds over his firing in 2019. When Reynolds fired Jerry Foxhoven, she initially said only that she wanted the department ...