Author: Emily Welker

LIVE: Big Blue Couch Coaching

Don't forget the most important person on your holiday list: yourself.

By now you probably feel like the task of things you need to do for the holiday season is as full as it can possibly get. What with cooking and cleaning and decorating and travel for Thanksgiving straight through the holidays up until New Year’s, you may feel as if you don’t have a minute to sit down, let alone…

Tech Tip Today: Google Hotel

Because no one really wants to share the bathroom with their entire extended family.

  This is a tech tip that’s really going to come in handy for all those holiday trips you’re planning. Because let’s face it — family togetherness is great and all, but sharing one bathroom among your entire extended family when you go home for the holidays is a bit too much togetherness. Google Hotels can keep you stress-free and…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Perkins

At four months old, he's already a ladies' man.

Ladies’ man Perkins has it all: the charm, the warmth, the playfulness, the ability to attract women from all corners of the studio. The four-month old kitten came in to visit live on the air with Heather Klefstad of Homeward Animal Shelter and the Morning Show’s Emily Welker, and was quickly covered in lipstick marks from all the ladies. Perkins…

App of the Week: Google Lens

Focus the stuff on your smartphone.

Keeping track of everything on your smartphone can be overwhelming. Your Thanksgiving shopping and and recipe list alone can be an organizational nightmare this time of year, let alone taking into account everything you’ll need to get ready for Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa and New Year’s. Now you can focus on what’s really important, with the help of Google Lens. Here’s…

Thinking Green: Green Workplace

Get your workplace green while you rake in the green.

Did you know we spend up to one third of our lives at the workplace? That means it’s important to make it as positive as possible. And that means making sure our workplace environment is healthful, and responsible to the planet in the way it uses resources. Find out what you can do to make your workplace green, while you…

Propellant Grooves

Local music you don't even have to get out of your pajamas for.

There’s local and then there’s local. And in the case of Propellant Grooves, it’s so local, you might not even have to leave your living room. The musical act is the brainchild of local musicians, including Jay Schaefer, who joined the Morning Show’s Emily Welker to talk about why he’s getting them together to jam, sometimes meeting for the very…

Ask Danny: Choosing Gutters

The precip's far from over this season.

The snow that’s been gathering on our rooftops from last week and now today’s fresh snow is going to start melting soon if it warms up the way the Morning Show’s Marshall Downing called for in his forecast. And that means if your gutters need a refresh — you need to start planning. Home improvement expert Danny Lipford shows you…

Melinda’s Garden: Pumpkin, Gourd or Squash?

To-may-to, to-mah-to's been settled. Now we take on the big guys.

In spite of the snow outside, we’re still technically in fall. And a pumpkin display for the porch is pretty sturdy when it comes to withstanding the cold — not to mention it adds a great pop of color for Thanksgiving gatherings. But is that lovely object delighting your eye a pumpkin, a squash or a gourd? They’re all gourd-geous…

Tech Tip Today: Lost Phone Security

Don't let your personal info get found with your phone.

If you step foot out the door without your phone and realize it’s missing, there’s almost nothing like that sense of panic when you realize it’s not right there where you need it. Not just because you can’t get to the info you need ….but because maybe somebody else could. Francie Black shows us how to protect your phone’s privacy…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Mighty Mouse

Here he comes to save the day! (Or at least, save your feet from getting cold.)

Call him an incognito superhero. This little dog, a miniature pinscher named Mighty Mouse, makes a big noise against intruders but could more or less snuggle up in your pocket with the right introductions. The four-year-old min-pin came to Diamond in the Ruff rescue after his owner died recently. They, in turn, brought the little guy in to join the…