Author: Emily Welker

LIVE: 10 Years of Sustainable Shopping

FARGO — You might not necessarily think of the mall as your first stop for sustainable shopping. But the Market at West Acres might prove you wrong. It’s been going now for 10 years, and it’s been growing, pardon the pun, each season. Like most open air markets, it’s purely seasonal. All the produce comes from growers who live right…

LIVE: The Sound of America

FARGO — Did you know the Navy’s in show business now? You probably didn’t, and according to a number of the professional musicians of the Navy Band Great Lakes, they didn’t either once upon a time. They’re in town this week for Fargo’s third Navy Week, and they’re giving a series of free performances all through the metro all week…

LIVE: Painting a Stronger Community

FARGO — We know looking at art can connect you with the stranger who created the artwork. And now, Fargo Parks officials are hoping to connect all of us, by getting us to work on a piece of public artwork together. They’re celebrating National Park and Recreation month this Monday, July 22nd, by calling on us to help create a…

LIVE: A Decade of Delight in Downtown

FARGO — It’s a big milestone for open-air markets in the metro this morning. That’s because Folkways is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Red River Market on Saturday. The market’s come a long way since its first day with a handful of booths in 2015. This opening weekend, Broadway Square and the surrounding city blocks will include live music,…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Clementine

She really is a darling.

FARGO — Clementine’s story is a long and winding one, but fortunately, unlike her namesake song, she’s no longer “lost and gone forever,” but found right here in the metro at Homeward Animal Shelter and looking for her furever home. She’s a three-and-a-half-year-old pitbull whose story starts in Texas with a family there, and who somehow wound up in the…

‘Cherries for Charity’ annual fundraiser begins

FARGO — They’re one of the sweetest treats of the summer season. And now, you can indulge, and make life a little sweeter for families in our region struggling with the bitterness of domestic violence. Cherries for Charity is kicking off its 42nd year of fundraising at area Hornbacher’s. For each pound of Bing cherries sold, 25 cents goes toward…

LIVE: Behind the Scenes With a Bovine Beauty Pageant Contestant

FARGO — Call it a cow beauty contest. It’s the new competition category in the Clay County Fair going on later this month, and it’s called “cow fitting.” And we got a live demonstration on the Morning Show of how you give a cow a glow-up. Owner (and cow stylist) Riley Rickford is competing with her cow Pixi in the…