Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, May 20th, the 140th day of 2025. There are 225 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Kerry Lutz of the Financial Survival Network in a live conversation… Chris DeArmitt of Phantom Plastics joins us live… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Matthew O’Neal on the upcoming ISU agrivoltaic open house series… Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation… and a special Memorial Day tribute program from Fisher House with Larry O’Connor.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Erin Murphy of The Gazette reviewed the 2025 Iowa legislative session in a live conversation… Rod Johnson of Iowa-based BLK & Bold Coffee Company and Adam Hammes of SGS in North America, on BLK & Bold’s sustainability initiatives… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Brian Ortner of AAA… Michael Libbie of “Insight on Business” with author Alan Fiere… and segments from the latest “Family Talk” with Dr. James Dobson.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Lack of Optimism” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “While none of us knows…when do you think the Biden family first learned of the president’s cancer diagnosis?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.
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