Good Morning! Today is Thursday, September 24th, the 267th day of 2026. There are 98 days left in the year.
Don’t forget the annual KXEL Celebrity Cow Milking Contest TODAY at 11 a.m. at the National Cattle Congress Fair in Waterloo…the event will be held near the Dairy Barn, in the shadow of the Hippodrome and Estel Hall. Your gate admission gains you access to this and hundreds of other great events at the fair. The contest is sponsored by the Black Hawk County Farm Bureau.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… “Iowa Talking Points—The Candidates” with Lindsay James (D-IA02)… a live conversation with Bill O’Reilly, author of “Confronting America: What Has to Change”… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Stefan Gailans of Practical Farmers of Iowa on field work research… 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-IA)… Mike Mallaro, author of “VGM: Stories & Lessons of a Great American ESOP Company”… and the latest edition of “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.
“Nasty Posters” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “President Trump has named Secretary of State Marco Rubio to also be the country’s National Security Advisor. Is that a good move?” 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!
