Author: Emily Welker

Prepping For the Plains Art Gala

How Does Your Garden Grow? With Plants, Pollinators and Art Nouveau At the Plains This Year.

It’s 21st year of one of the most fabulous springtime events in the F-M metro area. Plains Art Museum Development Director Sandy Thompson stopped by the KVRR Morning Show to visit live in-studio with Emily Welker about this year’s Plains Art Gala: Garden Galore. It’s a twofold theme this year, both to celebrate the resurgence of spring in the Red…

Melinda’s Garden: Seed-Starting Success

We still have a few weeks until we can put out our plants. Get the jump on things with seed starting.

We’re still a few weeks off from the last frost date in the region, so you probably want to hold off on getting your plants in the ground until then. In the meantime, consider starting some plants from seed. It’s an economical way to fill in your garden and get your green thumb working before the growing season starts for…

Giving Families A Bright Future: The Jeremiah Program

School plus single parenting can equal hardship. But this group is making it more doable.

If being a parent is a full-time job, then being a single parent is working a double shift all at once. Add the pursuit of higher education on top of that, and you can see why some single moms are struggling. That’s where the Jeremiah Program comes in. It supports college-track education with early childhood education, life skills training and…

Pet Connection: Meet Topanga

She's got a personality as warm and sunny as the Topanga Canyon.

Whether you think of Topanga as being named for the sunshiny canyon in Los Angeles, or the equally sunny character on “Boy Meets World,” this is a dog with a smile as bright as the sun. The 2-year-old pit bull stopped by with 4 Luv of Dog founder and rescue worker Kish Hilmert to visit live in-studio with Emily Welker…

Dads and Daughters Do Science

Get your girls involved in the sciences with this hands-on event for Earth Week.

Earth Day 2017 is almost upon us, and the women engineers of NDSU have the perfect place to get your daughter and her dad involved in a hands-on party for the planet. It’s the Dads and Daughters Do Science event at NDSU April 22nd, where you can bring your daughter for a bunch of science experiments for ages K-2 from…

Tech Tip Today: Saving Voicemails

Whether it's your kid or your grandma, there's always that one voice you want to hear over and over again.

We’ve all gotten that voicemail from a beloved person whose cute message you just can’t bear to let go of. But there doesn’t seem to be any good, standardized way of saving them. Let Francie Black take you to where the voicemails go to live forever in this week’s Tech Tip Today. Categories: Morning – Features

App of the Week: DIYZ

Spring home improvement season is here. Here's how to keep your projects from getting away from you.

Staying on top of tasks around the home can be a full-time job, and now that spring home improvement season is here, chances are you’re about to get even more ambitious about do-it-yourself projects. That’s why Francie Black is showing us how to shop for, prep for, and even order tools for your DIY doings in this week’s App of…

Thinking Green: Drip Irrigation

April showers aren't always reliable.

It’s time to get out into the yard and do some planting soon. But almost immediately thereafter, you’re headed for the lakes. And who’s going to water the plants while you’re gone? Danny Lipford won’t do your watering for you. But he’s got a plan to keep them green all season long that’s almost as easy, in this week’s Thinking…

Ask Danny: Staining Wooden Decks

Should you finish it now? Or let it sit?

When you have a brand-new home improvement project standing proudly in your yard, it’s natural to want to finish it off with a final seal and stain. But as Danny Lipford explains in this week’s Ask Danny, you might have to wait awhile. Categories: Morning – Features

Morning Show Moments

Didn't get a chance to watch every day this week? Here are some highlights you might have missed.

We get it — your mornings are busy, and sometimes you have to run out the door before you can catch all the best moments of your only local news from seven to nine a.m. That’s why we kept an eye out for some of the good stuff you may have missed this week. Here’s a quick peek at some…