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Good Morning! Today is Thursday, November 12th, the 316th day of 2026. There are 49 days left in the year.

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… a live conversation with David Sterrett on what poll results showed were key issues to voters… Gail Heriot, author of “Why We Walk on Eggshells: How Our Civil Rights Laws Stifle Our Civic Discourse,” joins us live… Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation… and in honor of Veterans Day yesterday, a special hour on the Fisher House program.

On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Kim Miller of the national activist group America’s Women… Rick Berman of Charities for Vets… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Stacy Takacs, author of “Broadcasting Empire”… 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.

“The Real Blue Wave” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.

Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day:  “Should Senate Republicans have kept Sen. John Thune (R-SD) as their caucus leader?” 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!