Good Morning! Today is Friday, June 27th, the 178th day of 2025. There are 187 days left in the year.
The annual Zach Johnson Foundation Classic is this coming Monday! Listen as KXEL’s Jeff Stein is joined by TV9’s Jim Mertens live from 8-11 a.m. at Elmcrest Country Club in Cedar Rapids, sponsored by Golfletics Performance Center of Coralville, online at begolfletic.com.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Red Oak)… Congressman Zach Nunn (R-IA03)… a live conversation with America’s Money Answers Man Jordan Goodman… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Zac Zumwalt of the Salvation Army of Waterloo… and Alex Schaffer of the Iowa Soybean Association.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Gov. Kim Reynolds… a live conversation with Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Mike Naig… Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird joined us live in studio… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Christopher White, author of “Pope Leo XIV: Inside the Conclave and the Dawn of a New Papacy”… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Good and Evil” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “In two weeks, the price of a first class stamp will climb to 78 cents. Are you using the postal service less now due to cost?” 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!













