Author: Emily Welker

Unglued Brings Sweet Surprise To Downtown Fargo

We're celebrating National Small Business Week with a sweet surprise from Unglued.

It’s a special kind of talent to identify a niche need in a community, build a product, and present it in a way that attracts customers and helps the local economy thrive. But that’s what small business owners around the country do every day, and that’s why the KVRR Morning Show is celebrating Small Business Week. Emily Welker sat down…

Thinking Green: CFL Myths

Fairy tales have happy endings -- but myths about CFLs are just plain sad.

There is plenty of misinformation out there about CFLs, or compact fluorescent lights. How do you separate the good info from theĀ  bad? Check out this video from home expert Danny Lipford in this week’s Thinking Green. Categories: Morning – Features

Ask Danny: Painting A Garage Floor

Is it worth it?

It’s gorgeous outside these days, but if you still have a raw concrete surface on your garage floor, it might be worth it to spend a day or so painting. Danny Lipford shows us why for safety reasons as well as aesthetics it might be a good idea to paint the floor of the family garage. Categories: Morning – Features

Melinda’s Garden: The Tomato Race

Get the biggest, juiciest tomatoes from your vines, faster than all the neighbors grow theirs.

Believe it or not, in spite of this week’s surprise snowfall, we are mere weeks away from the start of tomato planting season. But as sweet as spring and summer are in the Red River region, they’re also among the shortest growing seasons in the United States. The final average frost date in the Fargo region is May 20th. That…

Pet Connection: Meet Sparrow

There's a good reason Golden Retrievers lead the list of "Most Popular Dogs."

She’s a breed we don’t see a lot of in this region’s shelters, and that’s likely because they get snapped up right away by would-be pet parents. Sparrow is a 5-year-old Golden Retriever/Irish Setter cross who joined Emily Welker and 4 Luv of Dog founder Kish Hilmert for a live in-studio appearance on the KVRR Morning Show. Sparrow, like most…

Tech Tip Today: Booking Your Best Flight Prices

Francie Black has the insider tips on how to score the best vacation flight deals.

It’s almost summer vacation time, and you’re probably looking to start settling your budget for spending on this summer’s big trip. Why not let Francie Black show you how to spend less on your airline tickets so you can spend more on souvenirs, with this week’s Tech Tip Today? Categories: Morning – Features

Ask Danny: Banging Water Pipes

We get a bang out of learning about water pressure.

Do you ever turn the water on in your home and hear an odd banging sound? Have you ever wondered what it is? Danny Lipford shows us just what creates that strange noise, and what you need to do in order to fix it in this week’s Ask Danny. Categories: Morning – Features

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…