Category Archives: KXEL News

The historically close race for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District seat has gotten even closer. Democrat Rita Hart has cut Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks' lead to eight votes out of more than 394,...

Iowa is reporting 47 additional deaths from COVID-19, the highest single-day toll yet. Deaths reported on an individual day can be affected by delays in completion of death certificates and other fact...

Gov. Kim Reynolds yesterday urged Iowans to stay vigilant during the holidays by following mitigation strategies to protect vulnerable people and keep businesses open. She said she is optimistic the s...

The State of Iowa has reported 143 nursing homes with coronavirus outbreaks, with thousands of residents testing positive for the virus. The state Department of Public Health says more than 4,500 resi...

Iowa surpassed 211,000 coronavirus cases and 2,200 deaths, and the state remains ranked third-highest in the nation for virus positivity rate. The Iowa Department of Public Health reports there were 1...

Two teenagers have died after a car accident near Chariton. The Iowa State Patrol said the accident happened just after 5 p.m. Sunday when a Jeep turning from Highway 34 onto a street struck a pickup ...

Iowa First District Congresswoman-elect Ashley Hinson of Marion participated in freshman legislator orientation remotely this month due to COVID-19. In a Friday interview on Fox News Channel's "Bill H...

Iowa’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.6% in October...far better than the national rate of 6.9%. The number of unemployed Iowans declined to 58,500 in October - down from 78,700 in September. Io...

Tyson Foods announced yesterday that it has suspended without pay Waterloo plant manager Tom Hart and upper level manager John Casey. A lawsuit filed against the company by the family of a worker who ...

New unemployment filings and continuing claims in Iowa are both up yet again. Iowa Workforce Development is reporting 6,312 initial jobless claims for last week, a jump of 1,095 from the previous week...