Author: Emily Welker

LIVE: Halloween Fashion Show

The newest trends in costumes for you, your family and your friends.

We’ve all been there. Masks that don’t quite fit, wigs that itch, wings that bash against everything you walk by, even costumes that leave you with a scary Halloween chill and a shivery breeze right where you’d really rather be covered instead. Dressing up in costume is a big part of Halloween, and getting the right costume together can make…

LIVE: Fargo Fantastic Film Festival

Thrills, chills and even a kids' category, new this year.

What started as a side attraction at ValleyCon years ago is now so big it needs its own, entire weekend. The Fargo Fantastic Film Festival focuses on the cinema of the fantastic — and it’s a place to let your imagination soar. Every genre from thrillers to horror to sci-fi to adventure and more is on offer through Saturday downtown…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Jensen

A lowrider of a dog who will lift your spirits high.

If you like the way pitties look, you will love Jensen, from the tip of his broad black nose to the end of his tail a long, long way behind. He’s got the classic wide pit bull face, short legs and a broad chest and shoulders that look like he could bench 440. The long, low-slung dog is almost broader…

LIVE: Applying for Financial Aid

Getting into college isn't the only challenge.

College kids have already started the semester, but even if your kids are years away, there’s something coming up on the calendar you won’t want to miss. FAFSA — or federal student aid — open up its application process on October first. And because it’s first-come, first-served, the time is right for parents and students to start filling out their…

Thinking Green: Green Cleaners

Don't let cleaners make your house dirty.

You use cleaners to get your house clean. But what if it turns out there’s stuff in those cleaners that’s dirtying up your home with chemicals you don’t want? Danny Lipford gives us a breakdown of chemical-free cleaners in this week’s Thinking Green. Categories: Morning – Features

LIVE: Hankinson Oktoberfest

How do they keep enthusiasm going after 18 years and counting? It's the beer.

It may be the beer, or just the fabulous outfits, but Hankinson’s Oktoberfest is almost ready to hit the two-decade mark. It will be officially 18 years of knoephla, hammerschlagen and oompa bands in the southern valley when Oktoberfest starts this weekend. And to hear Beth Tiegs tell it, this year’s is bound to be another blowout celebration of all…

LIVE: Roers Keller Williams Chili Feed for United Way of Cass Clay

Food for the soul, as well as the tummy.

It’s been a decade since Roers Keller Williams’ Chili Feed started warming tummies as well as hearts and souls across the region with 3 crockpots and a cause in mind. Today, the chili feed’s estimated to be the largest of its kind in the Fargo metro area. This year, they’re expecting about a thousand people to show up with donations…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Stella

Stellllllllaaaaaa!!!

Just like the iconic scene with Marlon Brando in “Streetcar Named Desire,” Stella could make you holler her name to the heavens — and that’s because people tend to shriek with delight every time they see her. She is a sweet and incredibly calm little mixed-breed puppy who came in to the Diamond in the Ruff animal rescue from a…

LIVE: Tip a Cop for Special Olympics

Tip your server. Or he's coming for you.

Here’s a hot tip for anyone who’s planning to eat out Tuesday and Wednesday: make sure you tip your server. Or he or she is coming for you — and they’re armed. All kidding aside, this might be one of your best chances this year to make a difference in our community. For the thirteenth year in a row, law…

LIVE: Down Home Hoedown

Kick up your heels and raise some funds while you're at it.

Moving into a brand-new house is always something to celebrate. Moving someone who’s been chronically homeless into a brand new house — and making sure they’ve got the resources they need to turn it into a home, right down to the bed, dishes and furnishings — is worth a pretty big party. That’s what’s happening this weekend to one of…