Good Morning! Today is Thursday, July 23rd, the 204th day of 2026. There are 161 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein…Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Mike Naig joins us live… reports from TV9 Chief Meteorologist Joe Winters, and from Von Ketelsen of Carroll Broadcasting, from RAGBRAI… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with David and Rose Donovan, authors of “The Nastiest Saloon in Iowa”… Brittany Madni of the National Taxpayers Union… a live conversation with Jason Snead of the Honest Elections Project… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird joins us live… U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-New Hartford)… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Morgan Henze on this weekend’s Ryan Meetup… and a new episode of the popular podcast “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Kaj O’Mara and Jan Ryherd.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“The Memo” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “New Jersey admits some 6,600 non-citizens were registered to vote there. What is the real explanation for that?” 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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