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Melinda’s Garden: Invite Hummingbirds To Your Yard

Invite some guests to your home that you won't mind spending time with while we're social distancing.

June 19, 2020

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Invite some guests to your home that you won’t mind spending time with while we’re social distancing. We tell you how to bring hummingbirds to your yard in this week’s Melinda’s Garden Moment. Bring the hummingbirds into your garden and keep them happy with a season-long supply of their favorite nectar plants. Early blooming lungwort is a shade tolerant…

Social Distancing: New Hobbies

Another Puzzling Development

June 18, 2020

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We’ve been sharing new hobbies that you guys have developed during social distancing, and I’ve been sharing some of mine too. But I might be in over my head with my new hobby. I was inspired to buy some puzzles. My mom loves em. We’ve shared stories of communities with puzzle swap sheds during the pandemic. Well, I did…

Remembering The Deadly Tornado Outbreak Of 2010

Most Severe Tornado Outbreak In Decades Hit MN & ND 10 Years Ago Wednesday

June 17, 2020

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Wednesday is the 10-year anniversary of one of the most destructive tornado outbreaks we’ve seen here in our region. Numerous tornadoes touched down in Minnesota and North Dakota on June 17th, 2010, including three violent EF4 tornadoes and one EF3 tornado. Three people died in the widespread outbreak, including a man in Polk County, one in Otter Tail County,…

Thinking Green: Mosquito Bites

The other thing that bites about warm weather.

June 16, 2020

Emily Welker,

As if this heat isn’t bad enough, there’s something else that can suck all the fun out of your summertime: mosquito bites. Find out how to up your green game with mosquito repellant done the environmentally responsible way in this week’s Thinking Green. Categories: Morning – Features

Ask Danny: Attic Exhaust Fan

If you think this heat is exhausting outdoors, try your attic.

June 15, 2020

Emily Welker,

Keeping your home cool and dry is important any time of year, but it’s especially important these days. Check out what kind of fan you’re going to want to install in this morning’s Ask Danny. Categories: Morning – Features

Melinda’s Garden: Treat Your Lawn Right

Increase your lawns health and beauty with proper mowing and fertilization.

June 12, 2020

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Increase your lawns health and beauty with proper mowing and fertilization. Mow high and often removing no more than 1/3 the grass height at one time. Tall grass is more drought tolerant and better able to resist pests and compete with weeds. Consider using an environmentally friendly hand propelled push mower. Leave clippings on the lawn. Short clippings don’t…

Thinking Green: Post-Consumer Recycling

Shop smart to save the planet.

June 9, 2020

Emily Welker,

We know it’s important that we put recyclables in the recycling bin instead of chucking it into the trash. But you have to support the process on the other end, too. Danny Lipford takes a look at post consumer recycled products in this week’s Thinking Green. Categories: Morning – Features

Ask Danny: Keeping Basements Dry

Another round of storms and rain on the way tonight. Make sure you stay dry.

June 8, 2020

Emily Welker,

This story is going to come in really handy this morning. Especially with all the street flooding we’re seeing from Sunday overnight into Monday morning storms. Danny Lipford lets us in on some timely tips to keep water out of your basement in this morning’s Ask Danny. Categories: Morning – Features

Melinda’s Garden: Grow Vertical

Grow plants that will make Jack and his beanstalk blush

June 5, 2020

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Grow plants that will make Jack and his beanstalk blush. We’re getting vertical in this week’s Melinda’s Garden Moment. Change your garden perspective. Include a few tall plants in the landscape and start looking skyward. This large castor bean provides bold texture in the garden. The leaves can grow up to 3 feet across and the plant grows 5…

Making the Metro a Welcome Place for All with Moorhead Mayor Johnathan Judd

Through all of the unrest and uneasiness, Moorhead Mayor Johnathan Judd has been a calm voice.

June 3, 2020

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MOORHEAD, Minn. – It’s been a tough week and a half for a lot of people we’ve talked with and heard from both in our region, and around the country. Throughout all the unrest and the uneasiness in our community last week, an articulate and calming voice rose through the noise: Mayor Johnathan Judd’s. While criminal justice reform was obviously a…