Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, August 18th, the 230th day of 2026. There are 135 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein…U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins joins us live… Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA03) from the Iowa State Fair… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Garland Dahlke of ISU on salvaging hail-damaged crops… Melissa Kithas of Airpower Foundation… Kim Miller of America’s Women… A.J. Rice, author of “The Curse of the Bearded Lady”… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation from the Iowa State Fair.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Steve Milloy of JunkScience.com joined us live… a live conversation with former teacher Maria Keffler, co-founder of Advocates Protecting Children… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with food author Hank Shaw on the end of summer… and the latest editions of “American Radio Journal” with Lowman Henry, and “Memories from the Field” with Wade Kisner.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“The Price for This is Lower” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “House Speaker Mike Johnson says the GOP will expand its majority in the House in the November election. Agree?” 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!
