Category Archives: KXEL News

4RACE WAS NOT A FACTOR IN A CENTRAL IOWA MURDER. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT IS THEIR CONCLUSION ABOUT THE DEATH OF 44-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL WILLIAMS OF GRINNELL. 31-YEAR-OLD STEVEN ...

BLACK HAWK COUNTY SUPERVISORS VOTED DOWN A MASK MANDATE ON TUESDAY. THE BOARD DECIDED 4-1 AGAINST A POLICY RECOMMENDED BY THE BLACK HAWK COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH. CHRIS SCHWARTZ WAS THE ONLY SUPERVISOR ...

She made it official at a news conference in Washington, D.C. yesterday...U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst will support moving forward with approving a Supreme Court Justice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who di...

ELECTED LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS FROM BLACK HAWK COUNTY SPOKE TO A GATHERING IN WATERLOO'S LINCOLN PARK TO REMEMBER LATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG MONDAY EVENING. BLACK HAWK COUNTY SUPERV...

The FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in Linn County will close this Saturday. The center was put in place following the derecho impacting many residents on August 10. Those needing help with disaster rec...

A WEEKEND ROBBERY AT A HOTEL IN WATERLOO CAUGHT FOUR VICTIMS BY SURPRISE. THE GROUP WAS RETURNING TO THEIR ROOM AT THE QUALITY INN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SAN MARNAN AND HIGHWAY 218 DURING THE EARLY ...

Iowa's unemployment rate for August dropped to 6.0%…Iowa Workforce Development reported Friday that the August rate was down from 6.8% in July and 11% in April at the height of the coronavirus p...

THERE ARE HEADWINDS, BUT THERE IS ALSO OPTIMISM. THE IOWA ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY HAS RELEASED A QUARTERLY SURVEY OF MANUFACTURERS LOOKING AHEAD TO THE FINAL MONTHS OF 2020. MIKE RALSTON ...

A new monthly survey of bankers shows the economy making some improvement in rural parts of Iowa and 9 other Plains and Western states. The Rural Mainstreet Survey’s overall index was 46.9 in Se...

THOUSANDS OF EASTERN IOWA COLLINS AEROSPACE WORKERS ARE WONDERING ABOUT THEIR FUTURES WITH THE COMPANY. COLLINS' PARENT, RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES, PLANS TO ELIMINATE MORE THAN 15,000 JOBS THIS YEAR ACROS...