Category Archives: KXEL News

LINN MANOR CARE CENTER IN MARION IS THE SITE OF LINN COUNTY'S SECOND FATAL LONGTERM CARE FACILITY COVID-19 OUTBREAK. ON MONDAY, HEATHER MEADOR OF LINN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH PROVIDED THE DETAILS ABOUT T...

THE DRAMATIC CHANGE TO THE DAILY ROUTINE...CONCERN ABOUT GETTING SICK OR INADVERTENTLY MAKING LOVED ONES SICK...WORRIES ABOUT WORK AND PAYING THE BILLS. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS CERTAINLY NOT BEEN HE...

SENIOR RESIDENTS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING COMMUNITIES HAVE FAR MORE MOBILITY THAN THOSE IN LONGTERM CARE OR NURSING FACILITIES. THAT ADDED MOBILITY CAN BE A RISK WHEN IT COMES TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, B...

IOWA HOUSE DISTRICT 60 COVERS SOUTHWESTERN BLACK HAWK COUNTY AND HAS BEEN REPRESENTED BY DEMOCRAT DAVE WILLIAMS SINCE HE WAS ELECTED IN 2018. RYAN HOWARD IS ONE OF THE REPUBLICANS WHO WOULD LIKE TO CH...

LARGE HAIL CAUSED DAMAGE IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND ELSEWHERE IN EASTERN IOWA ON TUESDAY EVENING. IT WAS A QUICK CHANGE TO WHAT WAS OTHERWISE A WARM, PLEASANT DAY. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, ...

THE WATERLOO CITY COUNCIL VOTED 6-1 IN FAVOR OF A RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS TO ISSUE STATEWIDE SHELTER IN PLACE ORDERS. RESOLUTION SUPPORTERS CITE WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS A DRAMATIC I...

HOLY WEEK BEGAN YESTERDAY WITH PALM SUNDAY. MANY NORTHEAST IOWA CATHOLICS IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE CELEBRATED MASS REMOTELY WITH BISHOP MICHAEL JACKELS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS. JACKEL’S MESSAGE ...

WEDNESDAY WAS CENSUS DAY. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU THE NATIONAL RESPONSE RATE SO FAR IS A LITTLE BETTER THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY. IOWA IS SLIGHTLY ...

COMMUNITY SPREAD OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS HAS NOW OFFICIALLY BEEN IDENTIFIED IN BLACK HAWK COUNTY. SHERIFF TONY THOMPSON SAYS HEALTH AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS HAD ALREADY BEEN OPERATING AS THOUGH COMMUNITY...