Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, September 9th, the 252nd day of 2025. There are 113 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley… newly-declared second district congressional candidate Joe Mitchell joins us live… Suzanne Shirbroun, past president of the Iowa Soybean Association… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Jill Weber of ISU Extension on black bean pantry staples… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Waterloo native, author and historian Mike Chapman remembers the late University of Iowa men’s basketball coach, George Raveling… Jim Beach, author of “The Real Environmentalists: How Wayne Elliott & Other Capitalists Will Save the World”… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Ross Kurth of the Earthmoving Legacy Center on the upcoming “Century of Cat” program in Elkader… and from last month’s Entrepreneur Expo in Ames, a panel of business owners discuss their work.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Place Your Bets” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Senate Majority Leader Thune is proposing a change in Senate rules to help get presidential nominees approved more quickly. Good or bad idea?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.
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