Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, August 19th, the 231st day of 2026. There are 134 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein…Republican National Committee chair Joe Gruters joins us live… a live conversation with filmmaker Chris Burgard, producer of “Remember the Alamo: Don’t Sharia My Texas”… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with information on the Gary Kelley Artist-in-Residence Program in Cedar Falls… and a new episode of the popular podcast “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Jan Ryherd and Kaj O’Mara.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins joins us live… Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA03) from the Iowa State Fair… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Garland Dahlke of ISU on salvaging hail-damaged crops… Melissa Kithas of Airpower Foundation… Kim Miller of America’s Women… A.J. Rice, author of “The Curse of the Bearded Lady”… and Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation from the Iowa State Fair.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“See You At The Fair” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Would you be willing to vote for someone other than a Republican or a Democrat in November?” 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!
