Author: Emily Welker

App of the Week: Dangle

Try it on before you order online.

Buying something to wear online can be tricky. You really don’t know what it’ll look like until it comes to your house and you try it on. That means returning it if it doesn’t look as good on you as you’d like it to. Francie Black has a way you can try before you buy — virtually. Check it out…

LIVE: Swing Dancing

Learn how, for free, just in time to swing through summer wedding dance season.

Summer wedding season is here, and the stakes are high. You’re going to have to hit the dance floor right in front of the bride, the groom, your pastor, and worst of all, your ex-boyfriend from college. The pressure is on to look and feel your best when the music gets going. So what better way to prepare than with…

Thinking Green: Solar Water Heaters

Let the sun shine in.

We’re finally getting a consistent string of sunshiny days around the region this week, and it would sure be nice to harness some of that energy to heat up the water to start our workday with a nice hot shower. Let home improvement expert Danny Lipford show you how to get the maximum benefit of our sunny stretch here in…

Ask Danny: Standing Water

We're taking a stand against standing water.

First we had almost no precipitation. Then, over the course of the last few days, it all seemed to come at once. And that means it tends to puddle up where you least want it too; namely, in your yard, possibly threatening your basement. Fortunately, Danny Lipford has a way you can fix the standing water brewing in your backyard….

Melinda’s Garden: Dahlias

Worth a small fortune at the florists. Now, you can grow your own.

They cost a pretty penny to buy in a bouquet at the flower shop, and they make for an incredibly pretty garden display if you plant them in your flower beds. So why not save yourself a bit of money and grow your own dahlias to enjoy all summer long? Melinda Myers teaches you the trick to getting dahlias going…

LIVE: The Boiler Room

The secret to a perfect scotch egg revealed just in time for Restaurant Week.

If you haven’t gotten your fill of fine dining for this year’s F-M Restaurant Week, you’re in luck, because the biggest restaurant week since the event’s inception is still running through Saturday in the metro area. We’ve been covering the event all week, and this time, we’re digging into the offerings at the Boiler Room in downtown Fargo. Among its…

Tech Tip Today: iPhone Storage

See what's slowing you down on your phone.

If your phone balks, stalls, or just flat-out refuses to do something you need it do, chances are there’s something taking up space on it. But no one wants to go hunting through everything on your phone to see what the biggest unwanted files are. Let Francie Black show you a way to find and get rid of what’s slowing…

LIVE: Restaurant Week

The man behind the HoDo's delicious menu.

It’s the biggest restaurant week lineup in the FM Restaurant Week’s five-year history, and it could just be your ticket to the most delicious meal you’ve ever had. Restaurant Week is underway in Fargo right now through June 16th, and one of the must-make stops on your tour of the metro’s fine dining spots is the HoDo in downtown Fargo….

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Norm

If this cat's expression makes you think he's up to something, it's because he is.

Norm is a cat that was quite difficult to get a screen shot of for this profile story, and it’s not because he’s not a photogenic guy. He is. It’s just that Norm literally never stopped moving the entire time he was live in the studio with us on the Morning Show with Emily Welker. Norm and his buddy, Homeward…

App of the Week: Thunderly

In the thick of severe weather season, the timing couldn't be better.

In the middle of summer, there’s almost no force on earth that can get us out of the boat or off the golf course. But there is a force ABOVE earth — and that’s severe weather, complete with lightning strikes, headed our way. We’re in the middle of severe weather season now, and there’s a way to track not just…