Good Morning! Today is Thursday, August 6th, the 2187th day of 2026. There are 147 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… David Cripe of the Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club on Saturday’s “Hamfest” event… Michael Libbie of “Insight on Business” with Deb Brown of www.SaveYour.town… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Barbara Ganson, author of “Lady Daredevils”… a live conversation with Mark Mix of the National Right to Work Committee… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-New Hartford)… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Nina Grant, vice president of student affairs at Hawkeye Community College… a live conversation with K.C. Crosbie, co-chair of the Republican National Committee… and a new edition 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.
“Run Better Candidates” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “What does the success of Socialist candidates in Democrat primary races in Michigan mean?” 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!
