Good Morning! Today is Friday, August 28th, the 240th day of 2026. There are 125 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Heather Kriener of the Division of Iowa Insurance and Financial Services on student financial literacy… State Auditor Rob Sand… Kevin Techau and Dean Learner on the merits of the recently established Iowa Medicaid Fraud Task Force… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Iowa Gallivant JayJay Goodvin… and Todd Starnes talks about his new book, “The Golden Age”.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Mike Schreurs and Joe Garcia of Cancer Screen Iowa… a live conversation with Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Mike Naig… Michael Pack, producer of the documentary “The Path to Zero,” joins us live… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Jami Haberl of the Healthiest State Iowa Initiative… 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.
“And the Money Continues to Flow” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “First it was the Gulf of Mexico…now the President has issued an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America. Agree or not?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.
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Make the most of your day!