Author: Emily Welker

Thinking Green:

Staring at a pile of recycling in your garage? Here's why it's all worth it in the end.

With all this time to hang around the house you may be tackling some chores that you’ve been putting off. Find out how your recycled milk jugs can make for a spiffy new fence in today’s Thinking Green. Categories: Morning – Features

Ask Danny: Selecting a Gutter System

The rain's headed our way.

We’re still in the middle of the melt in our region, and we had a touch of snow over the weekend. Then soon, the rain starts. If you’re looking for some good ideas on getting your hands on gutters, look no further. Home improvement Danny Lipford lets us know what to look for in this morning’s Ask Danny. Categories: Morning…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Time to Try Fostering

Fight loneliness from social distancing with the one kind of new friend it's okay to snuggle up with.

Here on the Morning Show, we want to reflect best practices when it comes to safety from COVID-19. So we’re following social distancing instructions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, staying six or more feet apart in-studio, and no longer bringing guests as a general rule. We may invite guests on, on a case-by-case basis, for visits from…

Thinking Green: Low-Flow Showers

You'll be a mean, green, coronavirus-fighting machine.

We’ve all got washing on our minds these days, and a good hot showe r is a great way to cut down the spread of germs. Danny Lipford lets us know how to keep your shower green and clean in today’s Thinking Green. Categories: Morning – Features

Ask Danny: Heat Loss from Windows

Because we're all spending a lot more time at home these days.

When there’s a cancellation every minute, when the schools are closed and almost everything’s been called off for coronavirus, chances are you’re looking to get started on the projects at home you’ve been putting off. Why not tackle the window situation around your home just in time for spring sunshine to return in a few days? Home improvement expert Danny…

LIVE: How It Could Hit Us

Why local infectious disease experts think the scariest new numbers might not stand up, even with all the seniors we have.

A Sanford and NDSU infectious disease doctor is skeptical of new numbers estimating forty to seventy percent of Americans could be infected with coronavirus over the next year to year and a half. Dr. Paul Carson says the UC San Francisco estimates, which appear to be based on Italy’s experiences, are an overestimation. Carson says American researchers gathered data from…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Callisto

Callisto's a cuddler who wants to be your one true love.

Callisto is a girl’s name that means “most beautiful,” and whomever named this dog was sure on to something. With her fetching ear spots, a charming patch over one eye just like Petey the Pup from the Little Rascals, and sweet smile, she’s one of the prettiest American bulldog crosses you’ll ever come across. She came to Homeward Animal Shelter…

Thinking Green: Living Off the Land

Now that you can actually see some land, it's time to start thinking about it.

It’s that time of year when the ice melts off and you can finally start seeing some green grass across the yard again. And when it comes to going green, there’s almost no better way to help the environment than growing your own food. Here’s Danny Lipford to show us how even apartment dwellers can do it in this morning’s…

LIVE: Purses with a Purpose

It's a way to make a purse-onal difference.

There aren’t a lot of objects a woman or girl carries that are much more personal than her purse. And this morning, you can use one to make a difference in the life of a human trafficking victim — a crime that dis-proportionally affects girls and women, right here in the Red River Valley. It’s an event called “Purses with…

Ask Danny: Sweating Windows

Don't sweat it. Danny's got the help you need.

We’re starting in a few weeks to get into the sweaty season outside. But there’s one part you really don’t want to see sweating: your windows. Home improvement expert Danny Lipford shows us how to wipe away the worry in this week’s Ask Danny. Categories: Morning – Features