Good Morning! Today is Thursday, August 13th, the 225th day of 2026. There are 140 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, GOP candidate for U.S. Senate… Lydia Zerby of the Iowa Food and Family Project on the group’s state fair trading cards giveaway… national financial journalist Dennis Kneale… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Rebecca Johnson of Vitl Work… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… a live conversation with Tony Lyons of Skyhorse Publishing… Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate previews his office’s role at the Iowa State Fair… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Chad Coon, Waterloo Water Works general manager… and a new 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.
“Real Money” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Major League Baseball returns to the Field of Dreams near Dyersville tonight. Your interest?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.
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