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Good Morning! Today is Friday, September 19th, the 262nd day of 2025. There are 103 days left in the year.

Join us at the National Cattle Congress Fair in Waterloo TODAY for the annual “KXEL Candidate Cattle Call” sponsored by Rabe Hardware! KXEL’s Jeff Stein will be in our booth in Estel Hall from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. interviewing elected officials and candidates live—come by and say hello and watch the conversations…and go to rabehardware.com for information on geothermal, solar, fireplaces, and more!

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst… America’s Money Answers Man Jordan Goodman joins us live… John Izer of Ribeye Shack… State Sen. Dave Sires… State Rep. Chad Ingels… and a live conversation with Tony Lyons of Skyhorse Publishing on the MAHA movement.

On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … we are live from the National Cattle Congress Fair in Waterloo for the tenth annual KXEL Celebrity Cow Milking Contest at 11 a.m. …plus conversations with Congressman Zach Nunn… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.

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

“Missing Johnny Even More”  is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.

Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day:  “Will you be watching/listening to the Charlie Kirk memorial on Sunday?” 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!