Author: Emily Welker

Melinda’s Garden: Blue Spruce Substitutes

Not growing what you want can you leave you feeling blue.

Any gardener knows the feeling of falling in love with a beautiful tree or plant and finding out it’s a terrible fit for the space you have in your yard. Blue spruces are one of them — sometimes they’re too big, sometimes they’re too prone to diseases. Let Melinda Myers show you how to pick a tree that won’t leave…

LIVE: Beating Addiction Through Meditation

It's a new tool in the fight to seize back our health from substance abuse.

We talk a lot about how to win the war on opiate addiction, alcohol abuse, and other substance use disorders that plague us here in the Red River Valley and throughout the nation. But so far, what we’re doing isn’t working fast enough to save some of us. Now, there’s a group in our region that’s offering a different kind…

Tech Tip Today: Amazon School Shopping

Don't drag the kids to the store. Take them to the park one more time before school starts instead.

It can be tough to get the kids excited about heading back to school in a couple of weeks. It’s even tougher if you’re visibly dreading back-to-school shopping duties yourself. What’s a parent to do? Well, why not blow off that endless trip to the store and streamline your shopping online. Let Francie Black help out while you take the…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Gabriel

A sweet smile that hides a sad story.

Getting older is hard on all of us. But when it means having to say goodbye to someone you love, getting older can be almost unbearable. That’s what happened to Gabriel, a sweet-natured Bichon Frise who joined the Morning Show’s Emily Welker live in-studio with volunteer Denise Kaeslin. Gabriel came to 4 Luv of Dog rescue after his owner grew…

App of the Week: Kwilt Shoebox

In an era of downsizing in everything else, you still need big storage on your smartphone.

You might think in this, an era of tiny houses and Swedish death cleaning, storage is no longer as critical a consideration as it once was. But storage on your smartphone is still a really big deal. Francie Black shows us how to make the most of your virtual storage space in this week’s App of the Week. Categories: Morning…

Thinking Green: Bamboo

Make bamboo your boo.

If you’re looking at new decor for around the home but you want to make sure it’s as environmentally sound as well as on-trend, consider giving bamboo a try. It’s usually durable,  sustainably harvested, and has a bunch of applications in home design and decor products. Let Danny Lipford tell you if bamboo will be your new boo in this…

LIVE: Breastfeeding Week

Tips, tricks and techniques to make it easier when you go back to work.

We’re just wrapping up statewide Breastfeeding Week here in North Dakota, and while there are some businesses here that make it a priority for moms returning to work to keep breastfeeding their babies, the numbers overall aren’t encouraging. In North Dakota, 82 percent of moms start of breastfeeding. But by the time they go back to work — usually around…

Melinda’s Garden: Patio Refresh

Like a tall cool glass of lemonade for your favorite entertaining spot.

If your old patio’s seen some hard partying this summer, and it’s looking a bit rough around the edges, you might want to think about sprucing it up. Melinda Myers shows us how to get your patio looking like it’s just starting its summer lifestyle in this week’s Melinda’s Garden. Categories: Morning – Features

Tech Tip Today: Kodak Pocket Projecter

You have a movie theater right there in your pocket.

The weather’s so gorgeous this time of year, but the movies are calling your name. So how to take the whole family to share a show without missing out on our amazing summer weather? Francie Black shows you how you can turn your smartphone into a projector and take family movie night to a whole new level in this week’s…

LIVE: Suicide Awareness

Summer sunshine can't chase some kinds of depression away.

If you’re looking for a great cause and a good lunch to go with it, the people at Marcus Theaters want to see you. General Manager Tristan Ross has been working hard to bring awareness to suicide prevention ever since his movie theater family lost not one but two members to suicide within the recent past. That’s why they’re offering…