Good Morning! Today is Thursday, January 29th, the 29th day of 2026. There are 336 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live &Local with Jeff Stein… Congresswoman Ashley Hinson… a live conversation with Daniel Greenfield of the Horowitz Freedom Center on Somalians in the United States… Justin Keener of Americans for Public Safety on new crime data… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Waterloo City Council Ward 2 candidate Dave Morrow… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
On yesterday’s 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.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Folding the Tents” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Will there be a partial federal government shutdown?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.
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