Good Morning! Today is Thursday, April 30th, the 118th day of 2026. There are 247 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Solomon Schmidt, author of “A Pen to Change the World: The Life of J.K. Rowling,” joins us live… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with former Black Hawk County Sheriff Tony Thompson on his graduation remarks at Hawkeye Community College… a live conversation with former Congressman Bob Livingston, author of “The Rainbow Chaser”… a KXEL Live & Local feature interview on the National Tractor Parts Dealer Association… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network reports from Washington, D.C. for today’s RFD1540 conversation.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… State Auditor Rob Sand… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with historian Richard Bell on his upcoming appearance in Eastern Iowa… Michael Libbie of “Insight on Business” with Dave Jackson of Podpage… and another episode of the popular podcast “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Jan Ryherd and Kaj O’Mara.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Performance Art” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Former FBI director James Comey has been indicted for his 86-47 social media post. Correct move or not?” 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).
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