Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, October 6th, the 279th day of 2026. There are 86 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… “Iowa Talking Points—The Candidates” with John Norwood (D-Treasurer of State)… State Sen. Dave Sires (R-Cedar Falls) joins us live in the studio… Brad Meltzer, author of the “Ordinary People Change the World” children’s book series… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Daniel Anderson of ISU Extension on manure application safety… and Mark Magnuson of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… GOP congressional candidate Joe Mitchell (IA-02)… Phil Kerpen of American Commitment… Minnesota House GOP Floor Leader Harry Niska… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with UNI spokesperson Pete Moris… 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.
“28 Distraction, 28 Days Out” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Did the State of Iowa give up too much to lure the Mesabi Metallics steel plant to the state?” 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!
