Are you in the market for a cockatiel? How about two? No? How about nearly 50 of them? Most of us aren’t really ready to care for 49 of any species of animal, let alone these beautiful little birds. Fortunately, CAARE avian rescue in West Fargo was, when the call came in that an owner had “about 30” birds in…
A new car is a bright shiny purchase in most of our imaginations, but can you always picture, down to the last nickel, how much you’re going to be on the hook for with your new car payments? Don’t let your imagination run away with your finances. Check out this way to calculate just how much you need to save…
It’s been a wild warmup to Halloween in the headlines when it comes to financial news. It’s a good time to be a tech stock, particularly if you’re Amazon, and the news about a possible tax reform plan coming out of Washington got quite a few people excited. But nothing was as dramatic as the big revelation about indictments in…
Littering isn’t just unlovely. It’s also a behavior that contaminates, with trash and toxins, our green spaces, our streets, our waterways, and our wild animals’ diets. And you’ll never believe how high a percentage of the total litter on Planet Earth is comprised of one of the smallest, most easily-discarded types of trash. Danny Lipford is smoking mad about littering…
When it comes to a job as labor-intensive as painting your home’s interior, the choices seem endless. From choosing between various shades and hues to settling on a particular brand, the myriad options can be daunting. But while a lot of it comes down to personal aesthetic preferences, there’s one element of painting that you don’t want to mess up,…
Just because the garden’s shutting up shop for the season doesn’t mean you have to settle for the same old, same old next year. There is a way to plan for a growing season that guarantees you can have a more or less continuous parade of color year-round, from spring to fall to winter too. Let Melinda Myers show you…
The F-M Chamber of Commerce is launching a new initiative toward channeling the area’s many college grads into — instead of out of — the region’s economy. Chamber President Craig Whitney sat down live in-studio with the Morning Show’s Emily Welker to talk about the plan, which launches in January. Whitney said NDSU, MSUM, Concordia and the metro’s other institutions,…
Halloween has, in years of late, become increasingly a holiday for grownups. And with households in the U.S. expected to outspend last year’s record at more than $9 billion projected in Halloween-related expenditures this season, you may be looking for a more sophisticated way to celebrate the more grownup thrills and chills of the spookiest time of the year. Enter…
If you’re looking for a way to wow the neighbors with your flair for the artistic, or just a way to give your adoring public a little more face time, look no further. This new app out in the nick of time for Halloween comes to you courtesy of master carver herself Francie Black, in this week’s App of the…
If you care about your environment, you’ve probably been lumped in with the “tree-huggers” among us. But just caring about trees isn’t enough — it’s important to make responsible, sustainable choices if you do choose to consume lumber products in the home. Let Danny Lipford do a little speaking for the trees as he teaches you about what kind of…
