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Good Morning! Today is Friday, July 4th, the 185th day of 2025. There are 180 days left in the year. This is the Independence Day holiday.

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … a three-hour CBS Radio Independence Day special hosted by Gil Gross.

On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Joe Murphy of the Iowa Business Council with data from the group’s new quarterly economic outlook survey… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Sonya Carlson of Hawkeye Community College on funding challenges for their Senior Companions program… Riley Smith of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation… and an Independence Day special from Fox News Radio, “Great Americans”.

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

“The Meaning of the Day”  is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.

Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day:  “Does the average American correctly understand what the Declaration of Independence actually means?”  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!