Author: Emily Welker

LIVE: Expert Makeup Tips and Tricks for Halloween

And don't forget Dia de los Muertos, too!

Looking to pumpkin-spice up your Halloween costume or Dia de los Muertos observance? We have just the way to do it — and the Morning Show’s Emily Welker is offering up her face as a canvas. This makeup job is one that features the popular “calavera,” or skull, look that’s gotten more attention in recent years from the increased awareness…

Ask Danny: Squeaking Wood Floors

If you're up as early we are, it's a tip you'll appreciate.

We on the Morning Show know what it’s like to be up first in your family. One of the biggest struggles in the early morning is tiptoeing around the house trying to get ready without waking the rest of the family up. And time and time again, a squeaking wood floors can foil your plans to get out the door….

Melinda’s Garden: Garden Party

Bring a taste of the garden to holiday parties.

Since our recent freeze has effectively ended much of our opportunity to grow tender plants in our yards, it’s time to start thinking about how to incorporate some of our garden goodies into our lives around the home. Melinda Myers shows us how to turn any upcoming holiday party into a garden party in this week’s Melinda’s Garden. Categories: Morning…

Tech Tip Today: Smartphone Image Search Tips

Sift through the hundreds you already have with time to left over to take a few new ones.

It’s the holiday season approaching and that means tons of picture-taking opportunities. But adding them to the hundreds or even thousands you’ve already taken could make for quite the mess when it comes to sorting through for the ones you want. Francie Black shows us how to to streamline your search through photos to find the ones you want in…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Sunshine

You need a little sunshine in your life.

A visit from Sunshine couldn’t be any better-timed. This snowy Thursday, Homeward Animal Shelter’s Heather Klefstad brought Sunshine the orange tabby in to visit live in-studio with the Morning Show’s Emily Welker. Sunshine was surrendered to a pound after her family found they couldn’t care for her any longer, and she’s impressed her handlers at the shelter with her sweet,…

App of the Week: Kompass

It'll come in handy finding your way around what with all this blowing snow.

Yes, the weather looks inarguably awful this Wednesday. The first snow storm of the season hitting when it’s not even mid-October yet would tempt anyone to start hibernating early this year. But the snow may not stick around long, and when things warm up a little bit, you’re going to want to get out and about. Find out what fun…

Thinking Green: Indoor Composting

Doing anything indoors sounds like a great idea right now.

With anywhere from three to six inches of snow headed straight our way here in the Red River Valley, doing anything indoors instead of outdoors sounds like a good plan this week. But when it’s something you’re usually required to do outside, like composting? Count us in. Not only that, but it’s a great space saver for smaller yards or apartment…

Ask Danny: Buckling Wood Floors

Buckle in. We're going to find out how to fix them.

There’s nothing quite like a soft rug over a smooth hardwood floor to soothe your cold toes on a chilly morning like this one was. But if that floor shows signs of buckling, your soothing morning becomes the stuff of nightmares instead. Buckle up. We’re about to find out how to seek out the cause of the buckling and how…

Melinda’s Garden: Tar Spot on Maples

A black mark on the fall's beautiful colors.

We’ve go tten some really beautiful colors on the trees so far this year. But if you have maple trees,  the display may not be as beautiful as other varieties. Melinda Myers shows us how a nasty fungus may be making a black mark on your fall colors this year. Categories: Morning – Features

Grantley Johnson Fundraiser

Not all heroes wear capes.

They say in adversity comes the true test of a person’s character. At six years old, over the last six or so months, Grantley Johnson is already showing more character than a lot of us do in a lifetime. That’s when, back on April 8th, Grantley’s parents brought him in to the pediatrician for a rash that just wouldn’t go…