Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, December 18th, the 353rd day of 2024. There are 13 days left in the year.
Today’s newsletter was delayed because our vendor did server maintenance overnight…should be back to the regular schedule tomorrow.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Mike Ralston, who is retiring as president of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry after two decades in the role… Josh Chernoff of Joseph Project International on the concept of Chrismukkah… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Rebecca McCarty on upcoming American Red Cross blood drives sponsored by KXEL… and Steve Milloy on the USPS $10B contract for electric mail trucks.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … a conversation with Craig Shirley of Citizens for the Republic on subsidies to nuclear energy and big tech companies… Christopher Vuk, Cedar Valley native and musician whose “Blue Violin Candlelight Christmas” concerts will be held in four Iowa cities later this week/weekend… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Jill Weber of ISU Extension on cottage food… Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation… and Michael Libbie with Dean Burke of Fastline.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“The Calendar” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “If help for farmers will not make it into this week’s congressional continuing resolution, how should Iowa’s delegation vote?” 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!
