Good Morning! Today is Friday, February 20th, the 51st day of 2026. There are 314 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… a live conversation with America’s Money Answers Man Jordan Goodman… Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA03)… Ashley Spence of the DNA Justice Project…KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Mindy Benson of Black Hawk County Emergency Management… and Liz Ripley of ISU on Iowa Learning Farms.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… a live conversation with Michael Bedenbaugh, author of “Reviving Our Republic”… Wendy Yuengling on her family brewery now marketing its products in Iowa… Scott Hendricks of Dubuque County Watersheds… Christine Czernejewski of MediaPedia joined us live…KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Tammy Bedard on the upcoming Allen College benefit event… 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.
“First Funnel Today” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Should the GOP require opponents to actually talk as a filibuster, rather than merely counting votes?” 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).
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