Good Morning! Today is Thursday, June 26th, the 177th day of 2025. There are 188 days left in the year.
The annual Zach Johnson Foundation Classic is next Monday! Listen as KXEL’s Jeff Stein is joined by TV9’s Jim Mertens live from 8-11 a.m. at Elmcrest Country Club in Cedar Rapids, sponsored by Golfletics Performance Center of Coralville, online at begolfletic.com.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Gov. Kim Reynolds… a live conversation with Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Mike Naig… Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird joins us live in studio… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Christopher White, author of “Pope Leo XIV: Inside the Conclave and the Dawn of a New Papacy”… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Joe McClure of the Iowa Soybean Association on the 4R+ Nutrient Summit to be held in Waterloo on July 10… Nicole Buhrow of the Zach Johnson Foundation tells us about the pros and celebrities participating in next Monday’s golf classic in Cedar Rapids… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with state Sen. Sandy Salmon (R-Janesville) evaluating the 2025 Iowa legislative session… and the weekly “Weathered Questions” conversation with meteorologists Jan Ryherd and Kaj O’Mara.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Tweets from the Grave” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “The U.S. Speaker of the House has told members to be prepared to work through the Independence Day holiday. Will that happen?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.
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Make the most of your day!
