Good Morning! Today is Monday, December 15th, the 349th day of 2025. There are 16 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… veteran farm broadcasters Ken Root and Russ Parker… Jeff Kolb of the Butler-Grundy Development Alliance… the second of three Christmas specials from “The Lutheran Hour”… and Chick Powers has an “Inside Story Behind the Christmas Songs”—today featuring “We Need a Little Christmas”.
On last Friday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… a live conversation with Drew Thomas Allen, author of “For Christ and Country: The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk”… America’s Money Answers Man Jordan Goodman joined us live… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Brian Button of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources on the 2026 “Iowa Outdoors” calendar… Chick Powers has an “Inside Story Behind the Christmas Songs”—today featuring “White Christmas”… and segments from the most recent “American Radio Journal” with Lowman Henry.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Dangers of the World Come Home” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “The 2026 Great Eastern Iowa Tractorcade route was revealed last Friday. Are you participating?” 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!
