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Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, April 29th, the 117th day of 2026. There are 248 days left in the year.

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… State Auditor Rob Sand… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with historian Richard Bell on his upcoming appearance in Eastern Iowa… Michael Libbie of “Insight on Business” with Dave Jackson of Podpage… and another episode of the popular podcast “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Jan Ryherd and Kaj O’Mara.

On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Two new programs in the “Iowa Talking Points—The Candidates” series, featuring both Republican candidates for U.S. House District 2—Joe Mitchell and Charlie McClintock… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Lyndi Buckingham Schutt on the HEAL Toolkit… 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.

“Trees Falling in a Television Forest” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.

 Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day:  “Elon Musk is reportedly nearing the launch of X Money, a payments and banking platform built into X. Would you use it?” 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!