This Iowa Restaurant Hidden Inside A Historic Barn Is A Must-Do

A dairy barn built in 1925 now serves homemade quiche, soup, and pie instead of housing cows. I love that sentence more than I probably should. The place started as a one-woman operation in 2003. Today it employs about 20 people and still bakes from scratch. Some of the eggs...

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...

Waterloo restaurant gives free meals to veterans on Veterans Day

WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) - Big Head Burger in Waterloo gave free meals Wednesday to all veterans and active-duty military on Veterans Day. Bob May served in the U.S. Air Force from 1965 to 1968. “I was maintaining a system that refuels aircraft,” May said. “I had to stand by the...

Large Grant for Public Transit

The Black Hawk County Gaming Association has awarded a $750,000 grant to improve public transit in Waterloo and Cedar Falls. A joint initiative between the cities and MET Transit is looking to raise a total of $4.6million to fund a micro-transit pilot program. The program will use smaller passenger vans to navigate designated zones to provide shared rides that connect riders directly to their destination or link them efficiently to MET Transit’s existing fixed route bus network. Ideally, it would be a “first-mile/last-mile” connector. Specific passenger fares remain under evaluation but the program aims to lower transit barriers, shorten travel times, and increase ridership across the transit system.

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.

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

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...

Iowa universities seek approval for reduced-credit degrees, program eliminations

New, reduced-credit pathways to a degree are making their way to Iowa’s public universities with preliminary approval from their state governing body. The Iowa Board of Regents Academic Affairs Committee Wednesday recommended approval for the University of Iowa and University of Northern Iowa to establish bachelor of applied professional studies degrees, developed in deference to […]

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.

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.

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 […]

Aplington-Parkersburg defeats West Lyon 27-22

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...

Know The Foe 2A Semifinals: #9 Roland-Story vs. #1 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock

CEDAR FALLS, Ia. — The Roland-Story Norsemen football team returns to the grid iron on Saturday afternoon, as they make the drive to the Cedar Valley to take on the Central Lyon/George-Little Rock Lions in the semifinals of the Class 2A Playoffs at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls. Roland-Story enters Saturday with a record of 9-2 and ranked #9, while Central Lyon/George-Little Rock enters at 11-0 and ranked #1. Saturday’s meeting is 3rd all-time meeting between the two programs, with CL/G-LR leading the all-time series 2-0, winning the last meeting in 2023 by a score of 49-0 in the 2nd round of the playoffs.

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.

West Sioux rolls into Iowa State A title game behind Braylon Lopez

CEDAR FALLS, IA (Dakota News Now) -The Falcons of West Sioux are no strangers to the Uni-Dome in Cedar Falls where they were frequent flyers in the Hunter Dekkers days. They are back in 2026 and this time it’s a strong run game that leads Ryan Schwiesow’s team. Braylon Lopez had 26 carries for 228 yards and 4 TD’s in Thursday’s semi-final win over North Linn 52-21.

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,...

College Volleyball (11/14): Nebraska, UNI, Omaha roll to sweeps; Drake, Kansas City fall

(KMAland) -- Nebraska, Northern Iowa and Omaha picked up straight-set victories, while Drake and Kansas City suffered setbacks during Saturday's regional college volleyball action. Nebraska swept Iowa 3-0, Northern Iowa cruised past Valparaiso 3-0 and Omaha completed a 3-0 sweep of Oral Roberts on Senior Day. Elsewhere, Drake dropped a...

US Foods helps local restaurants continue serving their communities

Cooked into every meal served at a local restaurant is a team working hard to keep the kitchen running, the ingredients stocked, and the experience consistent. While guests aren’t shown everything happening behind the scenes, reliable support can make all the difference when an unexpected rush arrives, an important ingredient is needed at the last minute, or a business faces a larger challenge.