Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, February 11th, the 42nd day of 2026. There are 323 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… live from Dubuque at the Midwest Cover Crops Council conference, a conversation with former U.S. Rep. Rod Blum (R-Dubuque)… Patrick Dorinson, author of “The Common Sense Cowboy’s Guide to Life”… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Waterloo City Engineer Jamie Knutson previewing 2026 construction projects in the city… and another edition of “Weathered Questions” with Kaj O’Mara and Jan Ryherd.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Josh Scheinblum, chief creative officer of Five Seasons Media, on this year’s Super Bowl ads… a live conversation with Jonathan Butcher, author of “The Polarization Myth: America’s Surprising Consensus on Race, Schools, and Sex”… Phil Smith of the Concord Coalition on Thursday’s budget workshop exercise in Iowa City… Sterling Burnett of the Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy joins us live to discuss the resurgence of development of nuclear energy… 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.
“Money Flowing” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Should there be a mechanism to recall USA athletes who speak out against the country at the Olympics?” 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!
