Author: Emily Welker

Ask Danny: Painting Garage Floors

It's finally warm enough to tackle working in the garage.

This time of year — with salt, snow, ice and more — can really take a toll on the cement and concrete around your home. Learn how to spruce up your garage floor in this morning’s Ask Danny.

LIVE: Local Veterinarian Heads to Iditarod

A vet who's a veteran of the world's most famous dogsled race shares his experiences.

We know the training and performance routine of an elite athlete is pretty intense. But from eating the equivalent of 20 to 25 Big Macs a day, to sleeping in piles of straw outdoors along the race route, you’ve never seen anything like the Iditarod. It’s not only something local veterinarian Dr. John Reichert has seen for the past twenty…

Monday Match: How You Can Be a Mentor

There's a match for everyone. Maybe even two.

Making a connection with a kid isn’t always easy: some kids are shy, some are quiet, some find it difficult to open up to strangers. But all it takes is being there, if you’re Brandon Conkins, and sooner or later, you’ll find you’ve made a big difference in a little brother’s life. Maybe even two of them. Conkins has been…

LIVE: PAW Patrol Live! “Race to the Rescue” at the Fargodome

Shake a leg, wag your tail, and join in the fun in this live stage show with the heroic pups!

If you’re looking for a purely pawsitive way to keep your kids entertained through this rough winter weather weekend we’re in for, it might be time to head to the Fargodome. The Morning Show’s Emily Welker headed to North Fargo for a sneak preview of the live stage show of one of the most paw-pular kids’ shows of all time,…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Spruce

Spruce up your karma by adopting a kitten who could use a little love.

At less than six months old, Spruce the kitten is already quite a survivor. Dumped on the street to fend for himself and his two brothers at just 8 weeks old, the litter of kittens came in to Diamond in the Ruff pet rescue in rough shape. While they were struggling to survive, they’d been exposed to a series of…

Ask Danny: Window Film

The perfect time for indoor projects is now.

When the temperatures show you Monday is the high point of the week for getting outdoors, and there’s snow on the way both on Wednesday and Friday, it’s the perfect time to start making a list of indoor projects to tackle. Spend your time wisely with this week’s recommendation for a window film how-to from home improvement expert Danny Lipford…

LIVE: Vote for Voting!

Finally! An election 2020 story that won't be met with groans of "already????"

You may have felt, over the course of the past year, it was simply too soon for all the election 2020 coverage we brought you. But you’ll probably agree it’s never too soon to get kids excited about the right to vote, and now, you can get involved. Fourth graders from around North Dakota submitted their best designs for the…

LIVE: Winter Warriors

Weather making you a little nuts? Get into a sport where crazy comes in handy.

We’ve hit the doldrums of winter, a time when day after day of below-zero temps, cloudy skies, deep snow and early sunsets can leave you feeling fairly stir-crazy. Put it to good use. The Winter Warriors games are coming to Frostival for the first time this winter, and all that stored-up silliness and pent-up athletic energy is just what you…

Thinking Green: Green Workplace

Make it work, people.

Did you know we spend something like fifty percent of our waking hours at work? Take that little tidbit in to the office with you with your sustainable coffee and vegan bento lunch box. They’re just a couple ways you can get to work on making the planet greener while you’re hard at work on your career. And here are…

LIVE: More than Double Last Year’s Flu Cases

A strange flu season is sweeping its way across the state.

Flu shots kids didn’t get may be part of the reason we’re struggling under what epidemiologists say is one of the strangest flu seasons they’ve seen in our region. That’s after new numbers show the state received reports of almost two thousand confirmed flu cases so far this year. At 1,989 at last count, compared to 750 this time last…