Category Archives: KXEL News

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA IS REPORTING A SEXUAL ASSAULT IN ONE OF ITS RESIDENCE HALLS. UNI SENT AN AUTOMATED ALERT TO STUDENTS AND STAFF EARLY THIS MORNING. THAT NOTICE INDICATED THAT THE INCIDE...

Announcement of a second positive case of coronavirus at the Iowa Capitol yesterday again raised the issue of safety in the building. Iowa House Chief Clerk Meghan Nelson says a person associated with...

THE BLACK HAWK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS LIKELY TO RECEIVE A SMALLER BUDGET INCREASE THAN EXPECTED. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS WERE HOPING FOR A MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT BOOST BUT WILL LIKELY BE UP CLOSE...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says the federal government is promising states a 16% increase in COVID-19 vaccine doses starting next week. Reynolds says federal officials promised governors in a call Tuesday...

IOWA AND NEIGHBORING STATES HAVE FARED REASONABLY WELL DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC'S ECONOMIC REVERBERATIONS. CREIGHTON ECONOMIST ERNIE GOSS ANALYZES THE MIDWEST ECONOMY. HE WAS A RECENT GUEST ON KXE...

Iowa’s unemployment rate fell to 3.1% in December, the second-lowest rate in the country. Data released Tuesday shows Iowa’s rate fell significantly from 3.8% in November. It’s now o...

NEW DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE ABOUT TWO WEEKEND SHOOTINGS IN WATERLOO. 18-YEAR-OLD JEREMY ALBERS HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH RECKLESS USE OF A FIREARM AND OTHER WEAPONS COUNTS. ALBERS IS ACCUSED OF...

Trial for one of the men accused of killing and hiding the body of Chris Bagley in Cedar Rapids has been delayed. Judge Christopher Burns ruled yesterday the trial for 33-year-old Drew Blahnik, which ...

SOME PARTS OF IOWA ARE ANTICIPATING AS MUCH AS A FOOT OF SNOW BEFORE THIS TIME TOMORROW. SOUTHERN IOWA IS EXPECTED TO GET THE LARGEST ACCUMULATION TOTALS, HOWEVER A WINTER STORM WARNING FROM THE NATIO...

A federal judge in Washington says a man from Iowa seen prominently in videos taunting a U.S. Capitol police officer during the Jan. 6 disturbance at the U.S. Capitol must remain in custody. U.S. Dist...