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Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, August 25th, the 237th day of 2026. There are 128 days left in the year.

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Staci Kramer and Abigail Kissel of the planning committee for next month’s Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference at Hawkeye Community College… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Jay Larson of ISU previewing the upcoming Farm Progress Show in Boone… Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation… and the latest edition of “Radio Free Hillsdale Hour” with Scot Bertram.

On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Andrew Ogden, general manager of Buckeye Corrugated’s Cedar Falls manufacturing plant… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Rebecca Shimoni Stoil, author of “Tied to Their Country: The Farm Crisis, Agrarian Activism, and the Rise of Rural Anti-Federalism”… Michael Libbie of “Insight on Business” with Ro Crosbie of Tero Trainers… and the latest editions of “American Radio Journal” with Lowman Henry, and of “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.

“Blue Ribbon Worthy” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.

Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day:  “The President has relaxed rules to allow import of more foreign beef into the U.S. food supply. Agree or disagree?” 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!