Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, November 19th, the 323rd day of 2025. There are 42 days left in the year.
CONCERT ALERT: News/Talk 1540 KXEL is proud to welcome Weird Al Yankovic back to Cedar Rapids! Tickets for the Weird Al Yankovic “Bigger and Weirder” tour event at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids on July 1, 2026, go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at the PowerHouse ticket office and at creventslive.com.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart… a live conversation with Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL27), author of ““Dignity Not Citizenship: The Truth About Immigration No One Is Telling You”… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Emily Piburn and Kelly Heth on the Hawkeye Community College Family Literacy Program… and a new episode of “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Jan Ryherd and Kaj O’Mara.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird joins us live… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Jill Weber of ISU Extension on outsourcing parts of Thanksgiving… Michael Libbie of “Insight on Business” with an interview from the archives with reporter Lyle Muller on conditions in rural Iowa… and Todd Starnes gives his thoughts on the political breakup between President Trump and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“What’s Most Important” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has extended the Iowa National Guard’s mission to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through September 30, 2026. Agree or disagree?” 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!
