Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, October 1st, the 274th day of 2025. There are 101 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein…State Auditor Rob Sand… Nicole Crain of the Iowa Association of Business & Industry on October being Manufacturing Month… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Kristin Schaefer on the upcoming Fall for Allen event… Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network… and Ben Troge of Service Roofing Company… and a new edition of “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Jan Ryherd and Kaj O’Mara.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Remarks delivered by Todd Starnes at the Black Hawk County GOP dinner last Sunday… Pastor Brad Brandon, founder & CEO of Across Nigeria, on the Christian genocide in that country… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Jill Weber of ISU Extension with more on pantry staples; today, chicken broth… Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network… and Ben Troge of Service Roofing Company.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Stupid Shutdown” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “So now the federal government is in shutdown mode. How long will it last?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.
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