Author: Emily Welker

Money Talks: Headlines And Your Bottom Line

How North Korea, Hurricane Harvey, and other news affects stocks.

The world of news is filled with ups and downs, and that often means stocks rise and fall with them. Lately, we’ve been seeing serious drama in the news. North Korea’s missile launch over Japan, President Trump’s comments to the North Korean regime, and the disaster displacing thousands of Americans from Houston in the wake of Hurricane Harvey are all…

Thinking Green: Slow Cookers

Crock pots are no crock when it comes to saving the planet.

The slow food, home-cooking movement is gaining ground with foodies and environmental fans alike, rendering our slow cookers and Crock Pots back “in.” But to Midwestern home cooks, for whom slow cookers never went out in the first place, it’s a chance to show off our slow-cooker savvy. Time to break out your grandma’s trusty slow-cooker recipe, because it’s one…

Ask Danny: Redoing Floors

Can you lay down your new flooring over the old flooring?

It might be time to put some new flooring down in your old house. And while doing the work yourself can make it look great and save you some money, it won’t accomplish either if you install the new flooring incorrectly. So, do you need to rip out the old flooring to replace it — or not? Danny Lipford explains…

Fargo Police News Conference: Search For Savanna

Her child is found, but Savanna is still missing. Help police find her.

Fargo police are asking for the public’s help locating Savanna Greywind, who remains missing Friday afternoon after the then 8-months-pregnant Fargo woman disappeared almost a week ago. Her baby daughter was recovered Thursday from the apartment of two people who live in an apartment upstairs from Greywind’s, where she was last seen Saturday, police said. The pair, 38-year-old Brook Lynn…

Melinda’s Garden: Black Walnut Trees

Messy, toxic, and absolutely beautiful -- are black walnuts worth the hassle?

They bear delicious, highly nutritious treats and grow some of the most valuable wood carpenters work with. But they’re also prone to scattering a mess all over your yard, and contain a toxin that can poison some of the most common plants in the garden. Are black walnuts worth the bother? Check out this week’s Melinda’s Garden to hear how…

Pet Connection: Meet Dexter and Doakes

A dynamic duo, one of whom pulled a disappearing act in the studio.

This week’s Pet Connection came with a bit of a mystery — since one-half of this dynamic duo Dexter and Doakes decided to ditch the desk mid-interview. These two young cats are part of a deluge that’s inundated Homeward Animal Shelter with a flood of cats and kittens lately. But somehow, amid all the cat chaos, Homeward’s Heather Klefstad found…

Tech Tip Today: Google Maps Parking

If you can find your phone, you can find your car.

With kids headed back to school over the course of the next two weeks, parking wherever you go is going to be at a premium. Don’t waste gas and time circling the parking lot, the block or the parking garage. Let Francie Black show you some nifty tricks in this week’s Tech Tip Today. Categories: Morning – Features

The Chamber Searching for Local Kids who May be Budding Business Owners

Then they compete, Shark Tank-style, to see whose idea gets real-life funding

FARGO, ND — Do you have a budding business owner headed back to school soon? The Chamber wants to help develop their ideas into reality with a nationwide program that’s launching kids into the world of commerce. Professionals will train middle and high school kids from around the area to pitch, develop and implement their ideas for a new business…

Young Enterpreneurs Academy: Swimming With Sharks

Kids take on the world of business, Shark-Tank style.

Do you have a budding business owner headed back to school soon? The Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo Chamber of Commerce wants to help develop their ideas into reality – with a nationwide program that’s launching kids into the world of commerce. Professionals will train middle and high school kids from around the area to pitch, develop and implement their ideas for a…

App of the Week: Wag

Tail-wagging good help with caring for your dog.

Dogs just want to be with us wherever we go and usually, we’re all too happy to bring them with us. But for some trips – like when you’re headed to the hospital to visit a sick relative, or to a high-end restaurant where dogs aren’t invited — Fluffy has to stay home. Fortunately, Francie Black has fetched us an…