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Good Morning! Today is Thursday, August 7th, the 219th day of 2025. There are 146 days left in the year.

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation from the first day of the 2025 Iowa State Fair… a live talk with Mike Murphy, chief of staff of the non-partisan Committee for Responsible Federal Budget on possible cuts to Social Security should insolvency hit in 2032… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Mark Collins of DroneXperts… and the latest “Radio Free Hillsdale Hour” including comments from Victor Davis Hansen.

On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein historic broadcasts tied to the dropping of the first atomic bomb, on this date 80 years ago… from Saturday’s “IowaFest” event, Ben Troge of Service Roofing of Waterloo… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Jessi Simon of Main Street West Branch on this weekend’s “Hoover’s Hometown Days” celebration… 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.

Violating the Law”  is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.

Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day:  “The Iowa National Guard will be deployed to help ICE with immigration enforcement. Agree or disagree with the deployment?”  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!