Morning – Features

App of the Week: Amazon Price Drops

Make sure you get the best deals for the holiday shopping season.

Cyber Monday is in the rear-view mirror, but more and more companies are extending their deal offerings online through the remainder of the week and through the holiday season. Amazon in particular is known for having a shifting price structure — and it can be hard to keep track of all the products you want for incipient price drops. Francie…

Thinking Green: Indoor Composting

No, it's not what happens when you don't take the garbage out for a week.

Composting is big for a lot of green-thinking households, and for good reason. It keeps green waste out of the landfill, and it breaks down into a valuable addition to keep your garden green, too. But if you live in a condo or apartment, or you don’t want to struggle outdoors in the cold in our climate, can you still…

Ask Danny: Lowered Energy Costs

Tips for year-round savings.

It’s wise to think about using energy-saving tips year-round, not just in the winter when you’re thinking about heating your house. After all, those savings add up through the course of the year, leading to a nice little chunk of pocket change for your holiday gift-giving budget. In this week’s Ask Danny, home improvement expert Danny Lipford explains whether using…

Melinda’s Garden: Amaryllis

Big payoff from a little bulb.

Here’s a way to block out the winter blues — give yourself a view of something green and gorgeous instead of just the snow, by growing yourself an amaryllis plant. It doesn’t take a lot of effort or supplies, and best of all, many of them grow quite large, with dramatic flowers on a long stem. Let Melinda Myers show…

Tech Tip Today: Email Addresses

Return to sender is not what you want to get in return.

The holidays are one of the most important times of the year to make sure your messages get where you want them to go. And that includes electronic messages as well as snail mail. That means you have to make sure your email sent messages are addressed accurately; that, you probably already know. But does that mean they’re case-sensitive too?…

Talking Turkey: A Minnesota Turkey Farm Family Recipe

Your family will gobble it up -- our morning show crew sure did.

When it comes to making the best possible turkey for your family, it makes sense to go to the source. That’s where Bruce Anderson’s family comes in. The Fargo Fire battalion chief prepares a bird with this recipe every year for his family at home, and some years, when he’s working, for the crew at the fire house. It’s the…

Thinking Green: Discarding Unwanted Furniture

It may not go with your stuff, but everything goes with (thinking) green.

The guests are headed your way right now. Your mom, your mother-in-law, your hyper-critical bestie from work, your eagle-eyed fashionista sister. They’re all going to be piling into the living room and you need to get rid of that hideous rug from the garage sale, stat, before they all arrive. Don’t just toss it to the curb for it to…

LIVE: Fill the Dome

KVRR's Jackie Kelly Learns More About the Fill the Dome Event

KVRR’s Jackie Kelly travels to the Fargodome, where they kicked off the 11th annual Fill the Dome event. Over sixty schools and businesses in the Fargo-Moorhead area participate in the fundraiser, which benefits the Great Plains Food Bank. Categories: Morning – Features, Morning – In The Community Tags: fargodome, Fill the Dome, Great Plains Food Bank, nonperishable food items

Ask Danny: Cleaning Stainless Steel

You're going to need all the cleaning tips you can get for Thanksgiving.

Are you sitting down? Good, because it’s probably the last chance you’ll get before the grocery shopping, cleaning and cooking marathon that heralds this Thursday — Thanksgiving Day. It’s one of the biggest cooking holidays of the year and it makes a mess, no matter how careful you are to clean up as you go. So how do you get…

Melinda’s Garden: Forcing Paperwhites

A fragrant reminder of spring to brighten your winter home.

It’s a long, long, long time until spring thaw here in the Red River Valley, and you may  be craving a touch of green and breath of sweet floral fragrance around the house as winter settles in. Are you willing to wait just a few weeks instead of until April? Then consider forcing some paperwhite narcissus to bloom indoors for…