North Dakota State Department of Health scientists are warning us about serious health risks from our rising flood waters. You might think the biggest danger of dealing with floodwaters is that they’re a muddy mess. But as state environmental scientist Christine Roob explained when she sat down live in-studio with the Morning Show’s Emily Welker to talk about it. Flood…
Pat Tanaka has been to the top of the wrestling world. We spent years in the WWE, WCW, and has wrestled for promotions around the world. Now, he lives in Fargo, and wants to train the city’s first great professional wresting star. He’s partnering with Barbot Boxing in Fargo to launch Tanaka Productions. He tells Adam Ladwig about his…
Noell is a cat with some serious floof factor. The fluffy ten-year-old turned up at the pound before he was rescued by workers at Homeward Animal Shelter, and the giant furball has turned out to be a friend to everybody. Dogs. Cats. Kids. Adults. You name it, Noell never met an individual he didn’t like. As a matter of fact,…
We’ve got another Pet Connection success story to share with you this morning. Bogart the Blue and Yellow Macaw was dealing with some stress when he visited us in early January. Our friends at C.A.A.R.E. took him in after his owner died. Bogie got stressed and started plucking his chest feathers. He was improving by the time we met…
Did you know we have a world champion yo-yo artist right here in the Red River Valley? He’s won titles. He’s been on “The Martha Stewart Show” and “America’s Got Talent”. But it took a lot of work and support to develop that talent. Now, he’s paying that success forward while honoring one of the people who helped him…
It’s one of the least well-understood subgroups in love relationships, and in fact, it’s only been recognized a few years as a social phenomenon. So it might surprise you that a group devoted to polyamory — or relationships that feature consensual non-monogamy — is alive and well and operating right here in the Red River Valley. It’s a group called…
Dark, mysterious, muscular, with an intense and arresting gaze like his namesake, Batman the cat has a similarly sad backstory. The handsome black shorthair was found all alone in the world by rescue workers who brought him in for fostering through Diamond in the Ruff pet rescue. And now, he’s unmasking himself long enough to visit live in studio with…
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Fargo Program Director Susan Smith joins Adam this morning. There is still time to join in the fun during the annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake charity event. The bowling event takes place March 22nd and 29th. BBBS is hoping to raise $100,000 this year. They nearly raised that much last year. If you can’t help out,…
Shark Tank is going to the dogs. The Chamber’s Young Entrepreneurs’ Academy Investor Panel Shark Tank has a winner this morning, and she’s headed to Rochester, New York for the national competition. Winner Ivy Mastrud is the CEO of new business BowWow Bo-ties. That is, when she’s not at her day job, which is being a 7th grader at Ben…
Transgender issues used to be all but impossible to talk about. Now, they’re at the forefront of a lot of issues and news stories. But that hasn’t necessarily made the conversation about — and with — transgender folks any easier for many of us, whether we’re having them in the workplace, around the neighborhood or with our friends and families….
