Author: Emily Welker
Agriculture, Business, Community, Health, Local News, Morning - In The Studio

Fargo’s Feathered Friends

They're crafting a new backyard chicken keeping ordinance, but they need your help to do it.
Emily Welker,

After sweeping urban areas of the country over the past few years, backyard chicken keeping could be coming to Fargo. After identifying some seemingly contradictory elements of city ordinance regarding keeping the birds in your backyard, Fargo City Commissioners directed the city attorney to work with Fargo Cass Public Health and other city departments to update Article 12–03, and other…
Business, Community, Health, Local News, Morning - In The Studio

Live Long and Prosper

Donate Blood. It's the Logical Thing To Do.
Emily Welker,

Emily and Adam remind you every morning to donate blood. The folks at United Blood Services are wrestling with some serious shortages in our local blood supply, and they’re asking for your help with donations of much-needed blood types, and platelets too — all blood types are needed. Even green, as Adam pointed out. So live long and prosper, and…
Community, Entertainment, Local News, Morning - In The Studio, Morning - Pet Connection, Pet Connection

Pet Connection: Meet Tux

A Chesapeake Bay Retriever who'd be right at home in lakes country.
Emily Welker,

Tux is a two year old male with much of the classic good looks of a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, a water-loving breed with a big heart, an athletic build, and a warm disposition. Tux is part Chesapeake, part pit bull, said Homeward Animal Rescue’s Heather Klefstad, who brought the friendly two-year-old to the KVRR studios for a live in-studio appearance…
Morning - Features

Tech Tip Today: Facebook Encryption

Keep secrets where they belong: between you and your trusted friend.
Emily Welker,

With hackers running amuck online, sending personal information over the internet, even if it’s to someone you know and trust, can be nervewracking. But Facebook claims it can keep your secret data between you and your intended recipient with its Messenger function. Francie Black walks us through it in this week’s Tech Tip Today. Categories: Morning – Features
Community, Entertainment, Local News, Morning - In The Studio

Fargo Film Festival

From Oscar nominees, to buzzed-about films that won't even launch until later this summer, they've got it all.
Emily Welker,

It’s come a long way since Matt Olien and a handful of other film enthusiasts gathered more than a decade ago to brainstorm what would be the weeklong festival that graces the historic Fargo Theatre every spring. The theater’s biggest fundraiser and one of downtown Fargo’s biggest draws each year, the Fargo Film Festival draws participants from as far away…
Morning - Features

Ask Danny: Painting Tile

If you hate the tile in your bathroom, can you paint over it?
Emily Welker,

There are some tile colors that make it instantly apparent what era the homeowner was in when the tile was installed: 70s harvest green or gold, 60s pink, 50s turquoise. But if you don’t want to commit to the hassle of taking it out and re-tiling, can you paint over it? Danny Lipford explains what you’re in for in this…
Morning - Features

Tech Tip Today: Ecard

Send your birthday boy or girl a smile, without finding a stamp first.
Emily Welker,

It’s a fun way to instantly send someone a smile, even though they could be on the other side of the world. Francie Black shows us how to send an ECard in this week’s Tech Tip Today. Categories: Morning – Features
Community, Entertainment, Morning - Pet Connection, Pet Connection

Pet Connection: Meet Chance

Chances are, you'll be smitten. We were.
Emily Welker,

  Chance’s story is a particularly heartbreaking one. The three and a half year old pit bull terrier was recently returned to Diamond in the Ruff rescue after a potential adopter took him home, only to find the dog they already had wouldn’t welcome Chance into the family. Poor Chance! The friendly, calm but energetic tan and white neutered male…
Morning - Features

App of the Week: Otto Radio App

Tailor your listening to the kinds of stories you want to hear.
Emily Welker,

These days we have more options than ever before when it comes to the kind of media we want to consume. Francie Black shows us an app that lets us cut through all the chatter on the radio airwaves to find our way to the kinds of stories and coverage that speaks to our personal interests. Categories: Morning – Features
Community, Crime, Health, Local News, Morning - Features, Morning - In The Studio

The Opioid Epidemic: How to Get and Use Narcan

Save A Life With Naloxone, the Anti-Heroin Drug -- Now Available Without a Doctor's Prescription
Emily Welker,

Almost no demographic group has been spared the scourge of opiate and heroin addiction that’s claiming lives all across the country and here at home in North Dakota and Minnesota. But now, North Dakota is fighting back, with a unique approach to getting Narcan, otherwise called naloxone, an antidote that can save lives in the event of an overdose. North…

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