Author: Emily Welker

Thinking Green: Volatile Organic Compounds

Don't compound your problems. Check out this week's tip on greener living.

Things are getting volatile here on the Morning Show. Sure, we look calm. But the drama is all around us. It’s true. Volatile organic compounds are in the air and they could be near you too. Danny Lipford lets you in on the details in today’s Thinking Green. Categories: Morning – Features

Ask Danny: Choosing Insulation

Insulate yourself from making a poor choice.

It’s been an outstandingly warm stretch for early December in our region, but we’re about to see the temperature drop pretty soon. And chances are, it’ll stay cold for much of the winter season. This is the Upper Midwest, after all. To keep your home feeling as snug as it looks throughout the coldest temps of the year, check out…

LIVE: Heidi for United States Secretary of Agriculture

The region's biggest food bank is pushing to get the former U.S. Senator from North Dakota into the President-elect's cabinet.

Former North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp is on the short list to be President-elect Joe Biden’s chief on all things agriculture in the new administration. And this morning, our region’s biggest food bank is hoping to help get her into the top spot — with your help. The Great Plains Food Bank says the former U-S senator did a lot…

Thinking Green: Tubular Skylights

The days are pretty short now. A little extra light can help.

We’re getting totally tubular in Thinking Green this morning. With tubular skylights! Find out how to save money, and some sunshine, with home improvement expert Danny Lipford. Categories: Morning – Features

Thinking Green: Tools of the Trade

Danny Lipford's trading on his good sense when it comes to the environment.

The hottest toys for the 2020 holiday season have hit the market, and you’ve probably got quite a list already. But there are some other items you may want to ask Santa for this year. There are some nifty gadgets out there that can help you save money on energy costs — while you save Mother Nature. Here’s Danny Lipford…

LIVE: ND Family Has 19 Covid-Infected Members

There are pandemic tragedies everywhere in our state. This family's been hit extra hard.

A North Dakota woman who was the first in her family to get Covid-19 is speaking out after eighteen more members have since become infected with the virus. Ashlee Nordquist was left in a coma and on a ventilator after she got infected with the novel coronavirus at work in April. She’s in her 20s. Her brother, who’s in his…

Ask Danny: Choosing Gutter System

Get your gutter advice from a pro.

We’ve gotten lucky so far this fall, but chances are we’re going to be seeing more precipitation headed our way soon. And that means your gutters need to be in good working order. Hope you remembered to clean yours out this year. But if that’s put you in the market for a new gutter system, Danny Lipford has some tips….

Pet Connection: Meet Collin

Those eyes are callin' you to be his new best friend.

(NOTE: The above video has an incorrect graphic within it. This story is about a fundraiser for 4 Luv of Dog, not for Homeward Animal Shelter.) Collin is celebrating an extra-special Thanksgiving this year, because he almost didn’t make it there. The big, black Labrador retriever cross was languishing in a Tulsa, Oklahoma shelter, next on the list to be…

Thinking Green: Toilet Conversion

Let us convert your way of thinking.

It’s one of the most divisive issues in our country today. Not masks. Not the presidential election. It’s low flow toilets. Join the conversation about conversion in this week’s Thinking Green. Categories: Morning – Features

Ask Danny: Sweating Windows

Don't sweat it, we've got a solution.

The temperatures these days are not exactly ones that are going to make you all sweaty and hot when you’re running around outside. But there is one kind of sweating you might want to worry about. Sweating windows can be a real problem. Here’s Danny Lipford with the details on how to deal with it in this week’s Ask Danny….