Author: Emily Welker

Thinking Green: Green Offices

Hint: it's not just about a new paint job for your work space.

A lot of people are back in the office in person for the first time in a couple years. And they want to bring their environmentally-sound habits back in with them. Danny lipford has our best practices for a green workplace in this morning’s Thinking Green. Categories: Morning – Features

Ask Danny: Staining a Deck

Make sure the deck's not stacked against spring entertaining season.

Time to start thinking about putting the patio furniture back out again. But first you better make sure your deck is in shape to set it up. Here’s Danny Lipford to let us know when and how to stain your deck in today ‘s Ask Danny. Categories: Morning – Features

LIVE: Celtic Festival Returns

Get your green on this weekend, because it's back for the first time since the pandemic hit.

Pinch us, because we can barely believe it’s happening. Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day 2022 celebrations, the Celtic Festival is finally returning to the Hjemkomst Center this weekend. The annual event draws in about 3,000 visitors each year, and because of the density of the crowd, it’s had to be either canceled or held virtually for 2020 and…

LIVE: “Bear’s Braid” Reaches Kids Around the Country — and the World

A North Dakota author battles bullying in our region and beyond, with the endorsement of a major human rights group.

We first had her on the show in September of 2021, shortly after North Dakota-based author and educator Joelle Bearstail’s children’s book “Bear’s Braid” was first published. Since then, her book’s been sold and circulated in bookstores all around the U.S., online, and as far away as Australia. The book’s written after bullying affected Bearstail’s  son, both as a way…

Thinking Green: Mold

The one kind of green you really don't want.

We’re about to get a whole lot wetter here this morning. So we’re skipping ahead to Thinking Green, because the conditions are just right. We’re talking about mold and how to make it go away with home improvement expert Danny Lipford. Categories: Morning – Features

LIVE: Fargo Film Festival’s In-person Return

Live on film!

It’s back! The region’s biggest gathering of film creatives, movie buffs and more is back on again in person for the first time in three years. The fargo film festival has been all-virtual since the pandemic struck. It’s coming back to its original format next week. The festival attracts filmmaking professionals from around the world, as well as film students…

LIVE: Come (to) Unglued

Can candy and caffeine fuel Emily and Adam to a crafting triumph? You be the judge.

Are you looking for an excuse to play with paint, eat candy and shop? How about if it gives you an excuse to support local artists and crafters? Of course you are, because it’s still winter out there, and this is an indoors event. As a matter of fact, it’s one of the biggest events of the winter in the…

LIVE: Tim McGraw to the Red River Valley Fair

You'll want some more of it.

You’ll like it. You’ll love it. Tim McGraw’s coming to the Red River Valley. No, we’re not kidding. In an announcement you could see only on KVRR’s Morning Show, Red River Valley Fair officials confirmed McGraw will take the grandstand on the fair’s first weekend, July 9th. McGraw is a multiple-times Grammy award winner who’s been one of the most-played…

LIVE: 2022 Home and Garden Show

It's cold outside, but things are heating up in the housing industry.

Home sales are the hottest they’ve been in years. And this weekend — the hot ticket in town could be the annual Home and Garden Show at the Fargodome. Organizers with the Home Builders Association say this year’s attendance is likely to be big. They say demand for home construction, improvement, and services is through the roof locally. Some vendors…

Thinking Green: Insulation

Mornings like these are a good time to think about it.

As you don your long underwear, your wool socks, your thermal tights, your sweater,  your down coat, your fur hat and your heavy mittens this morning, it’s fairly apparent: Insulation is important this time of year, whether you’re indoors, or out. Danny Lipford show us how to make sure your house stays cozy for when it’s time to come inside…