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…
It’s open enrollment season again for the Medicare-eligible, and with the clock ticking away until the deadline hits early in December, it’s time for you to get to the bottom of the latest glut of information on what’s going on right now in the program. Chances are you’re starting to see information coming your way via ads and mailings from…
It’s been a nice long stretch of near-record highs recently, but it looks like the warm weather may be gone for good — or at least, until next spring. And that means a water heater working in tip-top condition is going to be pretty critical in the coming months. Let Danny Lipford show you how to check yours to make…
It can be tough to say goodbye to some of our favorite tender plants when the temps drop below freezing — and chances are, our extra-warm fall weather streak is going to end for good for the year any minute now. If you want to hang on to any of the beautiful plants you’ve spent all spring and summer nurturing,…
