Festival season is at its peak here in the Red River Valley, with the Downtown Street Fair and the Red River Valley Fair kicking off over the next few days and county fairs in the works as far as the eye can see. But in Wayne, Nebraska, a spectacle that started almost 40 years ago as a children’s art festival…
When it comes to staying cool during the heat wave that’s expected this week, you need to make sure your home is a safe haven from high temps. That means keeping the sun outside where it belongs. Danny Lipford shows us how to keep the sun’s heat at bay at all your windows in this week’s Ask Danny. Categories: Morning…
When you clear your yard of nothing but grass, you’re not just depriving yourself of the sight of beautiful flowers. You’re also costing yourself the sight of beautiful butterflies. Pollinators like butterflies and moths don’t just serve a decorative function, either. They make it possible for plants to set fruit, which is important for garden yield’s and the world’s food…
You use Google to search for the perfect new outfit, the replacement parts for your dishwasher, the best deal on airline flights, when the Gettysburg address was performed (it was November 19, 1863) and for incriminating details about your blind date next Tuesday. So why not use it in your job search? Francie Black shows us how to score a…
There’s a reason why people love puppies. Gibbs came to the KVRR Morning Show to visit live in-studio with his buddy, Homeward Animal Shelter worker Heather Klefstad, and found his way right into everyone’s hearts. The nine-month-old shepherd cross was rescued from the pound with a case of non-contagious mange, and you can still see the faint marks from it…
When it comes to beating the heat, it’s not all about turning up the air and the ceiling fan as high as they’ll go. Sometimes, you need to get buttoned up tight before you can cool down. Danny Lipford shows us how to detect drafts all around your home that will suck the cool air out and keep you from…
What with the heat expected to spike in the next few days, it’s to be expected we’re all going to be sporting some shimmery droplets here and there. While that’s just fine when it comes to your forehead and nose, it’s a little bit bigger problem if your windows are sweating too. That’s where Danny Lipford comes in, in this…
When you hear the term “deadheading,” a lot of us immediately imagine following a certain popular 60s-era band around the country, enjoying some open-air folk rock music while wearing tie-dye and love beads, as clouds of fragrant smoke waft through the air above our heads. This has nothing to do with that. However, it will get you outside and make…
This week’s Pet Connection is truly a heartwarming tale of survival. Truly, a one and a half year old black lab mix, is just out of a long confinement and recuperation after undergoing surgery to repair her pelvis, which was broken when a car ran her over. Truly spent two months on strict bed rest, immobilized to let her pelvis…
Conversations between two people can be fun, even fascinating. But when it comes to chatting online, it’s the more the merrier on Facebook. Francie Black shows us how to make it all happen for you, your friend, your other friend, that other random guy he likes to talk to…. you get the idea. It’s this week’s Tech Tip Today.
