Teen Girl & Woman Hit By Vehicles

Two pedestrians were hit by vehicles Thursday morning in Waterloo in separate incidents less than an hour apart. First, emergency crews and police were called to West High School where a 16 year old girl was hit by a pickup truck as she was in a cross walk just prior to 7:30. She was taken to the hospital with what police describe as life-threatening injuries. The driver of the truck stayed on scene and cooperated with authorities.

Waterloo High Schoolers Raise AP Pass Rates, Save Families $785K

Waterloo Community Schools says its high schoolers are posting some of the sharpest gains in Advanced Placement testing the district has seen in years, with East and West High both reporting three straight years of growth in the share of students earning qualifying AP exam scores. The district also says families saved more than $785,000 in college tuition costs over the past school year through its advanced coursework options.

UNI Wins Nod for Redeker Dining Overhaul

University of Northern Iowa students eating in the Redeker Center will soon get new skylights, reconfigured food stations and an allergen-free grab-and-go counter. The Iowa Board of Regents signed off on the dining project on Nov. 12, clearing the way for construction to begin next year. The board approved UNI...

Iowa High School Football Playoffs: Spirit Lake Holds On, Central Lyon/George-Little Rock Rallies In Class 2A

Spirit Lake and Central Lyon/George-Little Rock advance to square off for the Class 1A title in Iowa high school football.

84 years later, Waterloo remembers five brothers lost aboard USS Juneau

WATERLOO, Iowa — Eighty-four years ago Friday, five brothers from Waterloo lost their lives aboard a U.S. Navy warship during one of the most consequential naval battles of World War II. Albert, Francis, George, Joseph and Madison Sullivan were serving together aboard the USS Juneau when it sank during...

Memo detailing Tama County’s contract dispute with Secondary Roads Union released

TOLEDO – A 100-page memo hit the final regular October meeting of the Tama County Supervisors like a brick. It is an explanation of the recent problems the board has had with the union representing the county’s secondary roads employees. A tale of two contracts, the county states that only one is official, as the other has changes that were made without the previous board’s approval — four changes between the contracts, the majority of which were made in the last few months of the previous board’s tenure, and one item the current board won’t budge on.

Food service projects approved for ISU, UNI

(Ames-Cedar Falls) -- The Board of Regents has approved two requests for the food service systems on the Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa campuses. ISU vice president Sean Reeder laid out the plans for a new dining support center. "This will serve as the centralized food production,...

No. 10 Iowa Women Face No. 8 Vanderbilt in FS1 Top-10 Showdown

No. 10 Iowa faces No. 8 Vanderbilt in Sioux City on Sunday in its second top-10 test in a week. The Hawkeyes bounced back from a loss at No. 2 UConn with a 78-40 win over Northern Iowa; Vanderbilt arrives unbeaten and averaging more than 100 points per game. Iowa...

Spirit Lake defense comes up with decisive fumble recovery late in fourth quarter, punching ticket to IHSAA 2A Football State title game with 26-21 win over Alburnett

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCAU) – Spirit Lake moves one step closer toward the program’s first state championship with a 26-21 win over Alburnett in the IHSAA Class 2A State semifinals at the UNI-Dome. Spirit Lake’s Collin Lalumendre came up with an Alburnett fumble on his team’s eight-yard line with one minute remaining, denying a late […]

Coyotes get Senior Day victory over Northern Iowa

VERMILLION, S.D. (USD) — It was a career day for Austyn Modrzewski throwing the football as the passing game took center stage in the 41-30 Senior Day and Military Appreciation Day victory over the Northern Iowa Panthers Saturday afternoon inside the DakotaDome. Modrzewski set new career-best marks with 356 passing yards on 23-for-29 passing, including […]

KXEL Morning News for Fri. Nov. 13, 2026

Waterloo Police say a 16-year-old girl has life-threatening injuries after a vehicle hit her. It happened at around 7:30 yesterday morning at the intersection of Baltimore Street and East Ridgeway Avenue. That’s next to Waterloo West High where she is a student. Police say the girl was crossing the intersection when she was struck. As of last night, there was no update on her condition.

Oakland Erupts Late to Secure First Win of the Season

ROCHESTER, Mich. — Closing on an 8-0 run over the final 3:20, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies (1-5, 0-0 HL) defeated Northern Iowa (2-3, 0-0 MVC), 80-76, Saturday night on the Blacktop at the OU Credit Union O'rena. Oakland finished with 20 offensive rebounds and a 22-8 advantage in second-chance points. It also scored 26 points off 18 Panthers turnovers, added 38 points in the paint and got 29 points from its bench.

Powerhouse Regina too much for Treynor in state semifinal

(Cedar Falls) -- Treynor football's first state semifinal appearance in 23 years ran into a buzzsaw on Friday morning. Top-ranked Iowa City Regina (12-0) used an explosive first half to jump on the Cardinals (10-2) early and never looked back en route to a 35-0 win in a Class 1A state semifinal heard on KMA-FM 99.1.

South Dakota football vs Northern Iowa, prediction for Week 11

No. 10 South Dakota is coming off a late-season bye week, and the Coyotes are aiming to get back in the win column against MVFC foe Northern Iowa at home. South Dakota's (7-3) last game was a 31-21 loss to South Dakota State in Brookings two weeks ago. Northern Iowa (4-5) lost 41-15 to the Jackrabbits in Cedar Falls a week ago. South Dakota head coach Matt Vitzthum has turned the page from the rivalry loss and is ready to get back on the field and put together a better performance. "We've positioned ourselves really well to head down the stretch here to achieve the things we want to achieve," Vitzthum said. "I know our group's hungry. We're going to play loose and we're going to let it just go here." Suffering a third loss on the season puts lots of extra pressure on these remaining two games for South Dakota. The Coyotes likely need to win out against Northern Iowa and Illinois State to hold onto a first-round bye in the FCS playoffs, so the stakes are clear heading into the final two. "The emphasis in the building has been about just getting back to playing the game of

Aplington-Parkersburg defeats West Lyon 27-22

‘Nobody believed in us’: Hawks overcome doubts to make another trip to UNI-Dome

A disappointing season-ending loss couldn’t diminish what the Ankeny football team had accomplished in the previous 11 weeks. The fourth-seeded Hawks advanced to the UNI-Dome for the fourth time in the last seven years before dropping a 42-7 decision to No. 1 Johnston in the Class 5A semifinals on Friday afternoon.

What UNI HC Kyle Green said about Michigan State basketball after loss

On Nov. 13, Michigan State basketball beat Northern Iowa 106-72 in the Breslin Center. Though the score was lopsided, Northern Iowa gave the Spartans its best shot and threw a few haymakers, along with a lot of fouls against one of the top teams in the country. After the game, Northern Iowa coach Kyle Green was in a bit of a rush because his team has a game on Nov. 14 against Oakland, but he took some time to talk with Cole Blair of PantherFanatic.com about the game. You can see some of his key quotes about Michigan State below: "It's Michigan State; they're really good. They have a chance to win a national championship. ... They've done it to everyone they've played at home here." "Our game plan going in was to guard them inside out. It was to take away the paint as much as possible. To their credit, they hit outside shots with different guys." "We fouled a lot, too, and we have to learn from that. There's a fine line between physicality and fouling. ... Obviously keeping them off the glass. ... It made for a very choppy game." "I was really happy with how we

Johnston rolls to 42-7 victory over Hawks, will take on Dowling for Class 5A crown

The Ankeny football team didn’t have an answer for Johnston’s high-powered offense. The top-seeded Dragons scored touchdowns on six of their first seven possessions and cruised to a 42-7 victory in the Class 5A semifinals on Friday afternoon at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. No. 4 Ankeny finished the season with a 9-3 record.