Author: Emily Welker

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…

Making A Better Marriage: Red River Retrouvaille

Newlywed, long-time loves, or even the divorced can learn a lot about how to reconnect.

Marriage is one of the grand traditions of life here in the region, but like a lot of things worth having, it might only look easy from the outside. That’s where the Fargo Catholic Diocese has your back. Whether you’re a newlywed, a wannabe, an old-time expert or even someone who’s experienced the pain and loss of a divorce, they’re…

Thinking Green: Recycle AND Reuse

Put your creativity to work so the planet doesn't have to.

There’s plenty to be said for recycling, and by now, you’ve probably heard most of it. Saving the earth by saving resources is one of the simplest, easiest things you can do at home to make a difference. We talk about reusing less than recycling, but reusing is just as important. It not only keeps durable goods out of the…

Fargo Fashion Week

Paris, Milan, New York, Fargo.

It’s time for the fall weather to start creeping in, and you know what that means: sprucing up your wardrobe with the latest looks to come down the runway. This morning, we’re bringing the runway right to you. Starting September 5th  and running through the 8th, Fargo fashionistas are taking the city by storm. The 4-day show will feature regional…

Ask Danny: Keeping Your Basement Dry

On- and off-again storms can leave you feeling soggy below stairs.

We here in the Red River Valley region are no strangers to flooded basements. But since we escaped the spring thaw without a major flood, you’d think we wouldn’t have to worry about water in the basement, no? Turns out, yes we do. One good soak and if your landscaping isn’t set up right, you can get a major deluge…

Melinda’s Garden: Worms

Long thin slimy ones, short fat juicy ones... don't eat them, just let them do their thing.

We’ve all heard the children’s song about going out into the garden and eating some worms. But as gross as that idea is, worms themselves are actually pretty beneficial. They’re natural soil turners and their castings can provide great fertilizer for your plants. You can even buy worm poop or “tea” commercially that’s rated very highly as plant food. Let…

Tech Tip Today: Bitcoins

Learn a bit about bitcoins.

By now, you’ve probably heard of bitcoins, and even if you’re not too into news stories about alternative means of currency and trade, you’ve probably guessed from the name that they’re a way of paying for things. But what, exactly, are bitcoins, and how do you learn to use them if you want to be part of what some are…