Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, February 25th, the 56th day of 2026. There are 309 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… a live conversation with congressional candidate Joe Mitchell (R-IA02)… Sen. Joni Ernst joins us live… Michael O’Neill, vice president of legal affairs for Landmark Legal Foundation, reacts to recent SCOTUS rulings in a live conversation… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Bob Monchamp of Revolution Concrete Mixers … and a new episode of “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Jan Ryherd and Kaj O’Mara.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Iowa Secretary of Agriculture & Land Stewardship Mike Naig with a special event announcement… State Auditor Rob Sand… Erin Murphy of The Gazette on the results of the first legislative funnel of the session… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Larry Tranel of ISU Extension on dairy goat milk profitability… 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.
“A Salute to Iowa Farm Families” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “What impact will the President’s State of the Union Address Tuesday night have?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.
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