Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, January 28th, the 28th day of 2026. There are 337 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live &Local with Jeff Stein… a live conversation in the studio with Iowa Secretary of Agriculture & Land Stewardship Mike Naig… Ethan Thies of ISU Extension on next month’s Midwest Cover Crops Council conference in Dubuque… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Waterloo City Council Ward 2 candidate Frank Magsamen… and a new edition of “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Jan Ryherd and Kaj O’Mara.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… a live conversation with Jonathan Tobin, editor-in-chief of the Jewish News Syndicate, on this International Holocaust Remembrance Day…KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Steven Eilers of ISU Extension on the 2026 Master Gardener class schedule… State Auditor Rob Sand… security analyst Steve Bucci on the impact of U.S. strikes on ISIS in Nigeria… 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.
“Value for your Money” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Should ICE be able to deport someone in this country illegally, even if they have not committed a new crime while here?” 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!
