Category Archives: KXEL News

Iowa’s unemployment rate for February is a repeat of January’s numbers, with the seasonally adjusted rate sitting at 3.6% for both of the first two months in 2021. Participation in the lab...

POLICE RESPONDED TO GUN SHOTS ON WATERLOO'S WEST SIDE EARLY THIS MORNING. INITIAL REPORTS INDICATED SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE BUT NO INJURIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR ELMWOOD CEMETERY. THE CALL CAME IN AFT...

Waterloo Police have confirmed that the body of a 20-year-old man was found at the Grand Crossing Lofts at 21 West Jefferson St. yesterday afternoon. The cause of death is undetermined, but no foul pl...

CEDAR RAPIDS AUTHORITIES ISSUED WARRANTS WEDNESDAY FOR TYLER LEE AFTER A FATAL FREEWAY CRASH EARLIER THIS MONTH. LEE TURNED HIMSELF IN HOURS LATER. HE IS CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE, AMONG OTHER ...

A Cedar Rapids priest has stepped down in response to allegations he was behaving inappropriately. According to a statement from the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Father Pierre Joseph is accused of behavior...

SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT A LEGISLATIVE MOVE TO CHANGE IOWA GUN LAWS. UNDER THE BILL WHICH CLEARED THE IOWA HOUSE AND SENATE, STATE PERMITS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS WOULD...

An Anamosa State Penitentiary nurse and correctional officer have died after several staff members were assaulted by an inmate yesterday morning. Iowa Department of Corrections officials say they are ...

CHANGES TO IOWA GUN LAWS HAVE CLEARED THE IOWA LEGISLATURE. THE IOWA SENATE PASSED THOSE CHANGES MONDAY ON A PARTY LINE VOTE. THE BILL WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO BUY FIREARMS AND CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN ...

We told you yesterday that CEO of Women Lead Change and former TV news anchor Tiffany O'Donnell will be running for mayor of Cedar Rapids...now word that another candidate is entering the race against...

A MAN SHOT OUTSIDE A WATERLOO NIGHT CLUB EARLY SUNDAY MORNING HAD ONLY MINOR INJURIES. THE UNIDENTIFIED 60-YEAR-OLD SUFFERED A LEG WOUND WHICH WAS NOT BELIEVED TO BE LIFE-THREATENING. AUTHORITIES ARRI...