Author: Emily Welker

Tech Tip Today: Email Scams

Don't be caught up in a world wide web of lies.

It seems like every week, Fargo police and other area law enforcement agencies are warning us about someone in the region who’s fallen prey to the latest email scam. It’s no wonder — scammers are getting more and more sophisticated, and their techniques are getting tougher and tougher to spot. Francie Black shows you where the red flags lie hidden…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Roxy

A short dog who's long on charm.

Roxy the doxy, or dachsund, is a dog who immediately shows you why there are pretty much two kinds of people — people who love dachsunds and people who don’t know any yet. Roxy joined Emily Welker live in-studio on the KVRR Morning Show with Diamond In The Ruff volunteer Ryan Keel to talk about the long and the short of…

LIVE: Hope Inc. Sled Hockey

Find out if KVRR News is tough enough to take on these athletes.

The athletes of Hope, Inc. Paralympics club may be mobility-challenged, but when it comes to the sled hockey challenge coming up this weekend, it’s the able-bodied who often find themselves struggling to keep up. The Morning Show’s Emily Welker found that out the hard way when she and the other folks from KVRR accepted the sled hockey challenge for the…

App of the Week: MoviePass

Want to see all the Oscar nominees? Here's how you can do it at a discount.

Moviepass is creating almost as much buzz these days as the Oscar nominees themselves. The new app is designed to lure Netflix- and Hulu-loving cinephiles back into traditional movie theaters with a less-than-ten-dollar-a-month fee. But is the app all it’s cracked up to be? Break out the popcorn and watch this week’s App of the Week with Francie Black to…

LIVE: Moneytalks: February’s Wild Ride

The ups and downs of the past month and what it means for your future.

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the markets through the month of February, you might be feeling a bit of motion sickness by now. Up, then down, then up and back down again, Wall Street’s been taking us investors for a wild ride for the past few weeks. It’s just now back to where we started, so what does…

Thinking Green: Pest V. Pest

Let 'em duke 'em out, and save you the trouble of spraying.

Yes: to many of us, bugs are gross. But you know what’s even grosser? Many of the powders, potions and poisons traditional gardening relies upon to save your landscaping and garden from destruction by insects. Not only can some species render your yard unsightly, but unchecked, they can destroy the tree canopy and wreak havoc on other important plants in…

Ask Danny: Fixing A Sagging Fence Gate

Sagging is spared none of us, not even garden gates.

When you install a gated fence in your yard, it usually looks great in the beginning. But as in so many things (including ourselves), a bit of sagging tends to develop as the years pass by. There’s not a lot Danny Lipford can do to tighten up your own personal exterior. But when it comes to the look of your…

LIVE: Comic-Con

Get your nerd on this weekend.

What with nerd culture infiltrating and in some cases taking over much of mainstream media, it’s becoming easier and easier to find socially acceptable places to let your nerd flag fly. But if you want to get your nerd culture at its source, to commune with the wellspring of all things creative, artistic, sci-fi and unabashedly cosplay, you need to…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Ross and Chandler

They'll be your friends -- for life.

Who wouldn’t want to be friends with these glorious little balls of cuddle? Chandler and Ross, two three-month-old shepherd mix puppies, snuggled up on the Morning Show set with Emily Welker and rescue worker Heather Klefstad of Homeward Animal Shelter. The pair of brothers came into the shelter just this Wednesday as strays from the Spirit Lake Area, and irresistible…

Tech Tip Today: Google Assistant Olympic Games

If you haven't caught all the highlights, here's help.

You have a busy life, we get it. And sure, the Olympics come but once every four years… but even so, those two weeks’ worth of events pack so much action it’s nearly impossible for one person to stay up on every single highlight of the games. Francie Black gives us the lowdown on how to stay caught up in…