Good Morning! Today is Thursday, February 5th, the 36th day of 2026. There are 329 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Sara Weaver, author of “Ruby Ridge to Freedom” … a live conversation with Michele Steeb of the Discovery Institute’s “Fix Homelessness” Initiative… Iowa-born comedian Carl Giannetto previews his appearance in Waterloo tonight… Musician and entrepreneur Andy Ross joins us live… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst joined us live… a live conversation with Dr. Tim Murphy, author of “The Christ Cure: 10 Biblical Ways to Heal from Trauma, Tragedy and PTSD”… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Kaitlin Emrich of Black Hawk County public health on the community health assessment …and meteorologists Jan Ryherd and Kaj O’Mara have another episode of “Weathered Questions”.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Price Rollback” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Some Iowa lawmakers are proposing a “bell to bell” ban on smartphones in schools. Agree?” 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!
