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Good Morning! Today is Friday, July 15th, the 196th day of 2022. There are 169 days left in the year.

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein…Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds…Iowa Secretary of Agriculture & Land Stewardship Mike Naig…Adam Brandon of FreedomWorks, co-author of “America in Perspective”…KXEL’s Tim Harwood talks with the Iowa Gallivant JayJay Goodvin…and segments from the most recent “Todd Starnes Show”.

On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … special segments tied to KXEL’s 80th anniversary, including reading of proclamations by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, Cedar Rapids Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell, and Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart…vintage audio from 1977 of KXEL’s founder, Joe DuMond, telling the story of how the station came to be…Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA01)…the host of “Classic Radio Theater,” Wyatt Cox…Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation…plus KXEL’s Tim Harwood talks with Brian Middleton about the 89th Waterloo Open tournament.

Help News/Talk 1540 KXEL kick off its 80th anniversary year on Saturday, July 23…the “KXEL 80th Anniversary Community Picnic” will be held at the National Cattle Congress Pavilion in Waterloo from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. that day…everyone is welcome, but to make sure we have the right amount of food, please get your e-ticket by going to kxel.com today!

“The Next Eighty Years” is the subject of today’s Iowa Politics  report with Jeff Stein. Click the “Iowa Politics Report” button at the top of this email for podcasts.

Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.

Join us at 8:15 a.m. during KXEL Live & Local  for today’s KXEL 80th Anniversary Moment…today’s spotlight is on the year 1997.

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!