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Good Morning! Today is Friday, February 27th, the 58th day of 2026. There are 307 days left in the year.

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… a live conversation with Mighty John Marshall, “The Records Guy”… Peter Pitts of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest joins us live to discuss hospital billing scams… Ben Murrey of Common Sense Institute Iowa on their new report on the economic impact of “brain drain” in the state… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with the Iowa Gallivant, JayJay Goodvin, on Dubuque County… and Michael Libbie of “Insight on Business: The NewsHour” with Emily Lang of Tero International on motivation.

On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… a live conversation with Bruce McClary of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling… Jim Carlin, GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, joins us live… Iowa Lottery CEO Matt Strawn… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Shaffer Ridgeway, Practical Farmers of Iowa board member… 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.

“Good-for-You Snacks” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.

Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day:  “Which has a better chance of passing the Iowa legislature this year?” 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!