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New data collected by the National Weather Service shows even stronger winds during last week's derecho than initially believed. The Quad Cities weather service office released new storm reports on We...

THERE'S ANOTHER DATA PROBLEM WITH COVID-19 STATISTICS IN IOWA. A WEBSTER COUNTY CLINIC FAILED TO REPORT UP TO 3,000 NEGATIVE CORONAVIRUS TEST RESULTS. WEBSTER COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS THE AGENCY UNCO...

One day after authorizing federal aid, President Donald Trump made a brief stop in Cedar Rapids yesterday to meet with officials and discuss additional help for the city. The president promised Cedar ...

A COMPUTER PROGRAMMING MISTAKE HAS BEEN SKEWING IOWA'S COVID-19 DATA. THE GLITCH HAS BEEN SHIFTING NEW CONFIRMED CASES TO EARLIER MONTHS OF 2020, MAKING THE CURRENT RATE OF INFECTION LOOK LOWER THAN I...

President Donald Trump approved a disaster declaration for Iowa yesterday morning, and FEMA officials toured damage in Cedar Rapids yesterday afternoon. FEMA director Peter Gaynor, who spoke at a news...

CEDAR FALLS ACTING POLICE CHIEF CRAIG BERTE IS LIKELY TO HAVE THE "ACTING" DESIGNATION REMOVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT. BERTE HAS BEEN SERVING AS ACTING CHIEF SINCE JANUARY. HE IS BEING RECOMMENDE...

Listen to the KXEL Morning Newscast podcast at kxel.com Nearly 90 thousand Iowans spent their seventh night without power last night...half of those in Linn County. Gov. Kim Reynolds toured damage in ...

From Linn County Emergency Management LINN COUNTY, IA - August 14, 2020 - Linn County Emergency Management continues to respond and align resources in response to the August 10 derecho storm. Current ...

Officials say it will take another five days or longer to restore power to some Iowa homes and businesses that have been without electricity after a wind storm left historic damage across the Midwest ...

BLACK HAWK COUNTY WAS ON THE PERIPHERY OF MONDAY'S WIND STORM WHICH CAUSED WIDESPREAD PROPERTY AND CROP DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH THE WORST OF THE STORM WENT SOUTH, BLACK HAWK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORD...