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Good Morning! Today is Friday, August 15th, the 227th day of 2025. There are 138 days left in the year.

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … U.S. SBA administrator Kelly Loeffler… U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with the Iowa Gallivant, JayJay Goodvin, on Winneshiek County… and segments from the latest “Radio Free Hillsdale Hour” with Scot Bertram.

On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA04)… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Roy Behrens about his new book, “Dreams of Fields”… from the Entrepreneur Expo in Ames, SBA administrator Kelly Loeffler, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin, and Sen. Joni Ernst… Sam Yoder of Fidelis Construction… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation from the Iowa State Fair.

Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood  is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.

“Don’t Hold Your Breath”  is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.

Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day:  “Social Security has now been around for 90 years. What is its future?” 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!