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Good Morning! Today is Monday, October 13th, the 286th day of 2025. There are 79 days left in the year.

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Steinthe first set of interviews from last Saturday’s “Iowa’s Roast & Ride” event in Des Moines, with Iowa GOP chair Jeff Kaufmann, Secretary of State Paul Pate, Gov. Kim Reynolds, Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer, and U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with B.J. Hollars, author of “Dinosaur Dreams”… and Ben Troge of Service Roofing Company.

On last Friday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein Congressman Randy Feenstra (R-IA04)… Boris Shekhter of Helix Electric… Seamus Bruner, author of “Controligarchs”… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Iowa Gallivant JayJay Goodvin on Carroll County… and Ben Troge of Service Roofing Company.

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

“Vaccine Adviceis the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.

Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day:  “What do you consider to be the most important political issue right now?” 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!