Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, August 12th, the 224th day of 2025. There are 141 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Adam Guillette of Accuracy in Media with new hidden camera videos of ISU and Iowa employees discussing ways around the state’s anti-DEI laws… Ben Murrey of Common Sense Institute Iowa on the monetary impact of ‘brain drain’ in Iowa… Toni Kackert, brand manager of Wimmer’s Meats… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Jill Weber of ISU Extension on fair food… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation from the Iowa State Fair.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch joined us live to discuss the implications of the New York City mayoral election… from the Iowa State Fair, conversations with Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Mike Naig, and Abby Wilson of Shell Rock, whose ram Judah won the Big Ram contest… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Jared Parmater of Black Hawk County Public Health on the West Nile Virus in the area… and segments from last Saturday’s “Moore Money” program with economist Stephen Moore.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“ ‘Fair’ Thee Well” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Should the federal government have taken over law enforcement duties for Washington, D.C.?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.
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