Author: Emily Welker

Home For The Pawlidayz: Free Adoptions At Cats Cradle

Leaving you a little extra cash to spend on toys for the newest member of the family.

Everyone wants to make it home for the holidays, and adoptable animals are no exception. That’s why Cats Cradle shelter in Fargo is teaming up with Zappos for their Black Friday weekend of free, sponsored cat adoptions over Thanksgiving weekend. Cats Cradle is an all-volunteer, non-profit cat shelter that works hard to bring in kitties off the street in the…

Melinda’s Garden: Amaryllis

Big payoff from a little bulb.

Here’s a way to block out the winter blues — give yourself a view of something green and gorgeous instead of just the snow, by growing yourself an amaryllis plant. It doesn’t take a lot of effort or supplies, and best of all, many of them grow quite large, with dramatic flowers on a long stem. Let Melinda Myers show…

Pet Connection: Meet Whitley

Your very own Christmas elf in canine form.

If Christmas elves came in dog form, you would probably have something that looked like Whitley. The year-old, four-pound Chihuahua/teacup poodle cross arrived at the KVRR Morning Show dressed in a red and green Christmas sweater that could, conceivably, fit on your average elf-on-the-shelf doll. She even has the giant, pointed ears to go with it. Whitley was surrendered by…

Tech Tip Today: Email Addresses

Return to sender is not what you want to get in return.

The holidays are one of the most important times of the year to make sure your messages get where you want them to go. And that includes electronic messages as well as snail mail. That means you have to make sure your email sent messages are addressed accurately; that, you probably already know. But does that mean they’re case-sensitive too?…

App of the Week: HG Trivia

Get your game on.

Vine is gone, but its creators haven’t been idle. They’ve launched a new app called HG Trivia that works like a real-life game show right on your smartphone. Not only can you play, you can win cash prizes! But be careful — the questions are tough and you have to be on your toes. Let Francie Black show you how…

Talking Turkey: A Minnesota Turkey Farm Family Recipe

Your family will gobble it up -- our morning show crew sure did.

When it comes to making the best possible turkey for your family, it makes sense to go to the source. That’s where Bruce Anderson’s family comes in. The Fargo Fire battalion chief prepares a bird with this recipe every year for his family at home, and some years, when he’s working, for the crew at the fire house. It’s the…

Thanksgiving Fire Safety

Don't inadvertently invite the fire department to your family dinner.

In your pursuit of the perfect bird, don’t let your quest for culinary mastery become a quest for fire instead. Fire and safety experts say Thanksgiving dinner is one of the riskiest times for fires around the home, and cooking the meal is in large part to blame. “We’re not used to cooking such a big meal every day,” said…

Money Talks: Black Friday Markets

Talk about something to be thankful for.

It’s a short week at the markets because of the Thanksgiving holiday, but the first days of trading already appear to give investors something to be thankful for. But as Legacy Wealth Management’s Brady Brunsvold told us, the proof is in the pudding — or in Black Friday, for folks who consider the after-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza an even bigger treat…

Thinking Green: Discarding Unwanted Furniture

It may not go with your stuff, but everything goes with (thinking) green.

The guests are headed your way right now. Your mom, your mother-in-law, your hyper-critical bestie from work, your eagle-eyed fashionista sister. They’re all going to be piling into the living room and you need to get rid of that hideous rug from the garage sale, stat, before they all arrive. Don’t just toss it to the curb for it to…

Ask Danny: Cleaning Stainless Steel

You're going to need all the cleaning tips you can get for Thanksgiving.

Are you sitting down? Good, because it’s probably the last chance you’ll get before the grocery shopping, cleaning and cooking marathon that heralds this Thursday — Thanksgiving Day. It’s one of the biggest cooking holidays of the year and it makes a mess, no matter how careful you are to clean up as you go. So how do you get…