Good Morning! Today is Monday, April 27th, the 115th day of 2026. There are 250 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Mike Naig… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Lucy Long, author of “Sweet, Tart and Golden”… Michael and Georgie Libbie discuss the business of camping… and segments from the latest “American Radio Journal” with Lowman Henry.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… a new “Iowa Talking Points—The Candidates” program with Josh Turek (D-U.S. Senate)… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with the Iowa Gallivant JayJay Goodvin on Jackson County… Preston Moore of the Humane World Action Fund… and Mighty John Marshall the Record Guy joined us live.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Nerd Prom” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Should the White House Correspondents Dinner be rescheduled?” 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!












