Category Archives: KXEL News

LEAANN SAUL GOT THE MOST VOTES...BUT THE MONTHS-LONG PROCESS OF PICKING A NEW CEDAR FALLS AT-LARGE CITY COUNCIL PERSON CONTINUES. OVER 2,200 VOTERS PICKED SAUL DURING TUESDAY'S SPECIAL ELECTION, BUT T...

Gov. Reynolds announced Tuesday the state is allocating more than $50 million in CARES funding to Iowa's mental health systems. $30 million will be directed to mental health regions to support ongoing...

IOWA HAS NO DEATH PENALTY, BUT DUSTIN HONKEN OF BRITT FACES EXECUTION VIA THE FEDERAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM NEXT WEEK. THE STATE'S FOUR CATHOLIC BISHOPS HAVE ASKED PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO CHANGE HONKEN'S ...

For the second straight day, there are no new deaths reported tied to COVID-19 in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 data is showing an increase of 413 confirmed cases of the ...

MORE DETAILS HAVE BEEN REVEALED ABOUT THE MURDERS OF TWO PEOPLE FROM ARIZONA WHOSE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED BURRIED IN EVANSDALE. AUTHORITIES SAY 28 YEAR OLD ELISSA LANDRY WAS KILLED WITH A SLEDGE HAMME...

More violent protests happened across the U.S. over the holiday weekend. U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst told me last week that the Constitution allows and encourages peaceful protests...but not what we've seen ...

Yesterday morning, Speaker of the House Pat Grassley of New Hartford and Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver of Ankeny issued a joint statement regarding protests that turned violent and led to multip...

SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY ABOUT COVID-19. AT THE SAME TIME SOME TYPICAL ROUTINES HAVE BEEN RE-ESTABLISHED, POSITIVE CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS HAVE ALSO INCREASED NOTICEABLY. LINN C...

A total of 15 people, including 2 juveniles, were arrested on the state capitol grounds in Des Moines yesterday afternoon. Our coverage partners at KCCI-TV say this followed a demonstration where prot...

A 27-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS INJURED IN A CEDAR RAPIDS SHOOTING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. FIRST RESPONDERS CAME TO THE WOMAN'S AID IN THE 14OO BLOCK OF 32ND STREET NORTHEAST. POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING HAPPENED...