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Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, August 20th, the 232nd day of 2025. There are 133 days left in the year.

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird… Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Jessica Rucker and Kenna Bodenham of Main Street Waterloo on this year’s food truck festival… and a new edition of “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Kaj O’Mara and Jan Ryherd.

On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Scott Shellady, RFD-TV’s “Cow Guy”… a live conversation with Phil Kerpen of American Commitment… Steve Milloy, senior fellow with the Energy and Environment Legal Institute, joins us live… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Terry Basol of ISU Extension on an upcoming field day… 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.

“There Must Be Something Here”  is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.

Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day:  “There are a growing number of Homeland Security detention facilities in states. Which of these has the best name–Alligator Alcatraz, Speedway Slammer, or Cornhusker Clink?” 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!