Good Morning! Today is Friday, March 20th, the 79th day of 2026. There are 286 days left in the year.
STILL TIME!–Join us to recognize Iowa’s farmers and farm families at the Farmer Appreciation Luncheon on Wednesday, March 25 at the National Cattle Congress grounds in Waterloo…it’s free and open to everyone…Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Mike Naig will be the guest speaker…you’ll also hear from Iowa Farm Bureau president Brent Johnson…go to kxel.com/farmer to reserve your free tickets (or send email to jeff@kxel.com, or send a text to 319-235-1540).
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… America’s Money Answers Man Jordan Goodman joins us live… a live conversation with Dr. Jon Mills, author of “WOKE: A Critique of Social Justice Ideology”… Iowa Speaker of the House Pat Grassley joins us live… and we go to Camp Courageous to talk with former CEO Charlie Becker and new CEO Craig Stadtmueller.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA03)… Jeff Margrett on next week’s FIRST Robotics competition in Cedar Falls… farmer Dan Voss from the “Brewing Conservation on the Cedar” event… from the archives, a 2021 conversation between KXEL’s Tim Harwood and Jim Waterbury, who passed away earlier this month… Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation in tribute to the late broadcaster Orion Samuelson… and a Radio Free Hillsdale special conversation between Scot Bertram and author Mollie Hemingway.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“Devil in the Details” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “The Department of Treasury has authorized minting of a gold commemorative Trump coin in honor of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Interested in buying one?” 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!
