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Good Morning! Today is Thursday, May 23rd, the 144th day of 2024. There are 222 days left in the year.

Help us pick Iowa’s favorite TV Dad, just in time for Fathers Day! Be sure to enter our new “Dear Old Dad” bracket contest FREE at kxel.com—divisions include black-and-white sitcoms, color sitcoms, dramas, and cartoon/fantasy. Prizes to randomly-selected entrants…and the first round of voting ends at 11:59 p.m. this Sunday.

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Scott Walter, author of “Arabella”… a legislative session review with J.D. Davis and Brad Hartkopf of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry…  KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Black Hawk County Engineer Cathy Nicholas on county road closures and related issues… Charles Marino, author of “Terrorists On The Border And In Our Country,” joins us live… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.

On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Mike Naig joins us live… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Beth Grabau on assisting veterans get involved with agriculture… and Jerry Stewart’s “One Moment in America” Memorial Day special, “One Last Salute”.

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

“Gratitude” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein .

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!