Good Morning! Today is Thursday, January 15th, the 15th day of 2026. There are 350 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird… a live conversation with Travis Trawick of Full PAC… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Cedric Rose, recipient of this year’s Principal Money Chronicles short story writing award… Dr. David Mantik, co-author of “The Final Analysis,” joins us live… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… David Welter with details on Saturday’s “Coaches v. Cancer” event in Cedar Falls… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Julia Jessen of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art on the new exhibit, “From the Outside Looking In”… a replay of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ “Condition of the State” message to the legislature… and a new edition of “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Jan Ryherd and Kaj O’Mara.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Be Useful” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Who do you think will win the college football championship game Monday?” 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!
