This year’s NDSU Men’s basketball team had no seniors. Hardly anyone expected them to win their conference tournament, win an NCAA Tournament game and put a scare into the number one team in the country. But they did. Bison Illustrated editor Nolan Schmidt tells Adam Ladwig that maybe we shouldn’t be surprised. This month’s issue is full of stories…
We’re looking down the barrel of a long, rainy weekend to come with more precipitation expected over the next week. But hey, that’s early April in the upper Midwest for you. And that’s why these new workshops from River Keepers couldn’t come at a better time. They’re teaming up with the Clay County Water and Soil Conservation District to…
NDSU says there is a massive workforce shortage in the cybersecurity field. That’s why the university is now offering a focus on cybersecurity in its computer sciences Ph.D. program. Professor Jeremy Straub and cybersecurity student Paan Ajjimaporn join Adam to talk about the need for more cybersecurity professionals, and what the program entails. Straub says if every computer science…
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…
