Author: Emily Welker

Sylvan
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LIVE: Turning to Tutors

Parents were already looking for any little bit of help they could get -- and then the pandemic hit the six-month mark.
Emily Welker,

There may be a run on tutoring services this morning from parents struggling with a return to remote learning as the school year gears up again. While some districts are sending the kids back into the classroom, most have revealed backup plans that include hybrid and all-online classes as coronavirus cases fail to come down significantly across the U-S and…

Pet Connection
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LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Peekaboo

Surprise! It's a chinchilla.
Emily Welker,

You may not realize this, but Kritter Krazy Reptile and Exotic Rescue covers pretty much every animal out there. In addition to their ever-expanding assortment of homeless and abandoned tortoises, iguanas, ball pythons and Nile monitors, they also handle some pretty fluffy characters too. When it comes to care for pets, turns out “exotics” means pretty much anything that isn’t…

Thinking Green
Morning - Features

Thinking Green: Recycled Glass

You can clearly see the benefits of recycling.
Emily Welker,

Glass is having a real moment right now, as everyone moves into carrying their reusable water bottles around, and away from plastics and BPAs. But when those bottles break, you’re probably wondering if they’re headed for the landfill. Don’t worry — Danny Lipford has you covered in Thinking Green. Categories: Morning – Features

Voting
Community, Coronavirus, Coronavirus-MN, Coronavirus-ND, Health, Local News, North Dakota News, Politics / Elections

LIVE: How to Vote in Cass County

The plan to pick a president during a pandemic is shaping up.
Emily Welker,

It’s all anybody can talk about lately: with a pandemic on, and a president who’s been attacking the idea of mail-in ballots, how is the election going to go? With the post office in crisis just as public pressure mounts to vote without going in person to the polls, this November’s election is bound to be like none other. DeAnn…

Pride
Business, Community, Coronavirus, Coronavirus-MN, Coronavirus-ND, Entertainment, Health, Local News, Minnesota News, Moorhead, North Dakota News

LIVE: FM Pride Week 2020

Turning rain into rainbows may never have meant so much.
Emily Welker,

You’ve been seeing the rainbows, but not the crowds. F-M Pride Week is wrapping up Sunday with a couple more online events to bring in the F-M LGBTQ community and their friends and family closer together, social-distancing style. Organizers say with Pride Week being held entirely online this year, they’re seeing a lot of reminiscing going on. Happy memories like…

Pet Connection
Community, Health, Local News, Minnesota News, Moorhead, Morning - Pet Connection, North Dakota News

Pet Connection: Meet the Baby Corn Snakes

No, that's not a colorful shoelace you're looking at.
Emily Welker,

They say you can never have too much of a good thing. That is only partly true when it comes to rescue animals. Especially when they have litters of babies that all need homes at once. Not only do many kinds of snakes have several of eggs at once, one mama snake who came into a local rescue already pregnant…

Parenting
Community, Coronavirus, Coronavirus-MN, Coronavirus-ND, Health, Local News, Minnesota News, Moorhead, Morning - In The Community, North Dakota News

LIVE: Parenting in a Pandemic

You're probably socially distancing. But you're not definitely not alone -- especially when it comes to the struggle.
Emily Welker,

It’s an online event so popular in our region they’ve had to add two more just to keep up with demand. And while the next one coming up is already full, you can still get in on the following “Parenting in a Pandemic” session from Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota. The sessions feature live discussion time with LSSND’s licensed…

Thinking Green
Morning - Features

Thinking Green: Reusing Crayons

Color the earth all kinds of happy -- including green, when you upcycle.
Emily Welker,

It’s the time of year a lot of parents are used to doing to the back to school shopping. And even if you’re not ready to send them back, you’re probably ready to refurbish your old supplies. Find out what to do with those old broken crayons instead of throwing them out in this week’s Thinking Green. Categories: Morning –…

Ask Danny
Morning - Features

Ask Danny: Green Cleaners

The stakes have never been higher when it comes to getting things clean.
Emily Welker,

These days, in the middle of the pandemic, it’s not enough for your house and your belongings to just look clean. They have to be actually clean, as in, as germ-free as we can get them. And this morning, Danny Lipford lets us know how to choose cleaners that are mean green germ-fighting machines.   Categories: Morning – Features

Ask Danny
Business, Community, Coronavirus, Coronavirus-MN, Coronavirus-ND, Health, Local News, Minnesota News, Moorhead, North Dakota News

LIVE: Home is Where the Heart Is

Have a heart and support a great cause -- the American Heart Association and all the hard work they do here in our home region.
Emily Welker,

With the coronavirus pandemic stretching now into its 6th month, health has been on most of our minds like never before. And while it’s transmissible disease that’s dominated the conversation, heart disease is still a leading killer among Americans. That’s why the people at the American Heart Association are pushing us all to get up and get moving with their…

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