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Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, February 18th, the 49th day of 2025. There are 316 days left in the year.

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Adam Gregg of the Iowa Bankers Association and Paul Benda of the American Bankers Association on combating fraud… Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA02)… Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Jill Weber of ISU Extension on sourdough bread… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.

On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … a live conversation with Sterling Burnett, Ph.D., director of climate and environmental policy at the Heartland Institute, on the fallacy of “global warming” based on January world data… Texas Tech economics professor Alexander Salter joins us live to discuss the role of economists in determining public policy… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Angi Read of the Waterloo Center for the Arts on a new children’s exhibit of work by Iowa illustrator and author Arthur Geisert… and a special presentation of “American Radio Journal”.

Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood  is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.

“500 Days” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.

Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day:  “President Trump has suggested ‘reciprocal tariffs’ on nations imposing tariffs on the U.S.  Thoughts?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.

Scroll down for today’s KXEL Morning News summary…and as always, contact us via email (kxel@kxel.com) or text (319-235-1540).

Make the most of your day!