Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, September 17th, the 260th day of 2025. There are 105 days left in the year.
Join us at the National Cattle Congress Fair in Waterloo tomorrow and Friday afternoons for the annual “KXEL Candidate Cattle Call” sponsored by Rabe Hardware! KXEL’s Jeff Stein will be in our booth in Estel Hall from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. each day interviewing elected officials and candidates live—come by and say hello and watch the conversations…and go to rabehardware.com for information on geothermal, solar, fireplaces, and more!
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … a live conversation with Bill O’Reilly, author of “Confronting Evil”… Pastor Lucas Miles joins us live to talk about his new book “Pagan Threat,” with foreword by Charlie Kirk… we talk live with Justin Keener, president of “Americans for Public Safety”… and the new edition of “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Kaj O’Mara and Jan Ryherd.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird joined us live… Michael Swanger of Iowa History Journal previews the September/October issue of the magazine… Jack Boyer of the Iowa Soybean Association… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Wide Open Races” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Which is your favorite Robert Redford movie?” 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!
