Category Archives: KXEL News

MASKS WILL REMAIN A REALITY IN WATERLOO FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. WATERLOO MAYOR QUENTIN HART REINFORCED THAT IN A STATEMENT RELEASED BY THE CITY ON THURSDAY. HART TOUTED THE COMMUNITY'S CONSISTENCY...

Iowa Workforce Development says some Iowans will soon receive new federal unemployment benefits. The state agency said yesterday it will implement the new Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation ...

A SHOOTING INVESTIGATION IN WATERLOO EARLY THIS MORNING COVERED SEVERAL BLOCKS IN A WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR DOWNTOWN. THE INCIDENT REPORTEDLY HAPPENED ABOUT 4 O'CLOCK. ALTHOUGH THE CRIME SCENE WAS...

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds said in her news conference yesterday that the state will receive a five percent increase in COVID-19 vaccines...she said she learned this during the White House's weekly CO...

AFTER MONTHS OF DISCUSSION BETWEEN COMMUNITY LEADERS AND CEDAR RAPIDS OFFICIALS, THE CITY WILL FORM A CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD FOR THE CEDAR RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE DECISION WAS APPROVED TUESDAY. T...

Iowa public health officials have selected Microsoft to develop an online vaccination scheduling system to improve the distribution process. The Iowa Department of Public Health Monday says it intends...

A COLLISION BETWEEN TWO SEMI TRUCKS NORTH OF WAVERLY YESTERDAY CRUMPLED THE CAB ON ONE VEHICLE AND SENT THE DRIVER TO A HOSPITAL BY AIR AMBULANCE. BREMER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICIALS SAY THAT DRIVER WAS...

A Cedar Rapids man is facing multiple charges, accused of holding his parents hostage and demanding money. Investigators say 24-year-old Cole Calvert went on a crime spree over three days last week, w...

A PRE-DAWN FIRE IN CEDAR RAPIDS LED TO THE HOSPITALIZATION OF TWO FIRST RESPONDERS YESTERDAY. A HOSE FAILED WHILE FIREFIGHTERS WERE BATTLING THE FLAMES IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. ONE FIREFIGHTER WAS STR...

Gov. Kim Reynolds has ended most restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus in Iowa. Reynolds issued a proclamation Friday afternoon that removed a mask requirement for those spending...