Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, September 23rd, the 266th day of 2026. There are 99 days left in the year.
Don’t forget the annual KXEL Celebrity Cow Milking Contest TOMORROW at 11 a.m. at the National Cattle Congress Fair in Waterloo…the event will be held near the Dairy Barn, in the shadow of the Hippodrome and Estel Hall. Your gate admission gains you access to this and hundreds of other great events at the fair. The contest is sponsored by the Black Hawk County Farm Bureau.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)… Mike Mallaro, author of “VGM: Stories & Lessons of a Great American ESOP Company”… and the latest edition of “Weathered Questions” with meteorologists Jan Ryherd and Kaj O’Mara.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… “Iowa Talking Points—The Candidates” with Ryan Peterman (D-Secy of State)… Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Mike Naig… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Ann Johanns of ISU Extension on farm tech risk resources… 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.
“Run Local, Shop Local” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “What will be the result of Thursday’s meeting between President Trump and China’s President Xi?” 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!
