Author: Emily Welker

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Community, Coronavirus, Coronavirus-MN, Coronavirus-ND, Entertainment, Ghoul Morning-Halloween, Halloween-Crafts, Local News, Minnesota News, Moorhead, North Dakota News

Getting (Witch)Crafty: Making a Spooky Spellbook

Can we make Pinterest-worthy dream decor out of old textbooks and decoupage? Or is this thing destined for the dumpster?
Emily Welker,

If you’re a dedicated Halloween haunter whose decorating instincts have been stymied by this season’s supply-chain woes, you’re not alone. Halloween decor has been scarce in local stores, and the big day is almost here. Fortunately, the Morning Show is here to help. If you can’t buy your Halloween decor, why not try making it, instead? Armed with way too…

Halloween Run
Community, Coronavirus, Coronavirus-MN, Coronavirus-ND, Ghoul Morning-Halloween, Halloween-Family Friendly Fun, Health, Local News, Minnesota News, Moorhead, North Dakota News

LIVE: FM Halloween Run

Consider it the training run to help you hit as many houses as possible trick-or-treating.
Emily Welker,

Is your kid already lacing up her tennis shoes to help her hit as many houses as possible trick-or-treating? Here’s a way you can keep up with her on the big night… and burn off some of the candy you’ve been snacking on all month long. The organizers of the Fargo Marathon are launching their first-ever FM Halloween run this…

Substance Abuse
Coronavirus, Coronavirus-MN, Coronavirus-ND, Health, Local News, Morning - In The Community, North Dakota News, Politics / Elections

LIVE: Addressing Addiction in North Dakota

ND's first lady lets us in on the help and the hope that's out there for people suffering in the pandemic.
Emily Welker,

The numbers are in on addiction and substance abuse in the pandemic, and they are sobering in a very literal sense. Drug overdose deaths hit a record high, with almost 97,000 recorded across the U-S for the 12-month period ending in March. CDC numbers show those deaths went up nearly 30 percent from March of last year to this year….

Trunk Or Treat
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LIVE: Monster Mash Trunk or Treat

Save yourself the door-to-door and gather for goodies in Moorhead this year.
Emily Welker,

Just days before Halloween, they’re summoning the monsters to gather in Moorhead’s city center… and you can be there too. The city’s parks and recreation department is holding its first-ever Monster Mash Trunk or Treat on October 28th. You can gather under the full moon with your little witches, hobgoblins, werewolves and vampires for candy, crafts, and games. It’s an…

Pumpkin Patch
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LIVE: L’il Bitz Pumpkin Patch

L'il bits will love the broad variety of fall fun, especially the great big horses -- and all the pumpkins you could possibly wish for.
Emily Welker,

In Ghoul Morning Monday on the Morning Show, we told you about where to go to see some incredibly creative and artistic pumpkin carvings. This morning, we’re helping you get your hands on pumpkins to try it yourself. And you can find them at one of the top destinations in the Red River Valley region for fall fun. L’il Bitz…

Jack O Lanterns
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LIVE: Jack O’Lantern Spectacular at the Minnesota Zoo

Put some sparkle in your Halloween fun
Emily Welker,

Any day we get to talk about carving jack o’lanterns is a Ghoul Morning indeed, and there may be no better place to celebrate the art of pumpkin carving than the Minnesota Zoo. The thousands of gourd-geous, artistic jack-o-lanterns are back on display again for the third annual Jack O’Lantern Spectacular at the zoo in Apple Valley, Minnesota. Last year’s…

Toxins
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LIVE: Hidden Toxins in Your Kids’ Halloween Products

It's the kind of scary you *don't* want for scary season.
Emily Welker,

We’re kicking off Halloween season and our Ghoul Morning coverage this month with a story about a kind of witches’ brew you don’t want any parts of. Environmental toxins are out there, and toxins specialist Tonya Harris has some tips on finding the hidden ones to keep them away from your kids. Harris is a childhood cancer survivor who just…

Pet Connection
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Pet Connection: Meet The Bunnies

Bunches of bunnies for adoption!!!!! They just need one more thing (or one less thing, as the case may be) first.
Emily Welker,

It’s been an almost herculean effort on the part of animal rescuers here in our region to round up some sixty or so rabbits from a Moorhead neighborhood. Sixty or so rapidly multiplying rabbits, actually. Rescue workers say it all started in a single home, with a pair of pets that were left to breed unchecked. Now, those rescue workers…

Fat Bear Week
Entertainment

LIVE: Fat Bear Week Begins

Gather "round" and find out how you can pick the winner.
Emily Welker,

It’s the event we wait for all year long: the biggest bracket of the year. The survival of the fattest is underway with the 2021 Fat Bear Bracket out this morning. And we’ve got a look at some of the top players in the running to be the biggest, fattest bear in the Katmai National Park, in Alaska. Katmai is…

Oktoberfest
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LIVE: Oktoberfest

Beer at 10:45 in the morning? Hey, it's a cultural tradition.
Emily Welker,

It may not be quite October yet, but the city of Hankinson is getting you ready for it, starting Saturday. The city’s annual Oktoberfest is back on again for the first time since the pandemic struck. This would have been it’s 20th year celebrating German culture in our region. But last year’s annual gathering was called off thanks to Covid….

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