Morning – Features

Ask Danny: Bringing Your Home Into The 21st Century

Is your home looking a little out of this century?

  Loraine asks: What’s the best way to paint over dark paneling? When I was a kid, the old dark paneling like this was so popular. Nowadays, people want to brighten things up a little bit, and whether you have real wood paneling like this or sheet paneling, the process to brighten it up is pretty much the same. You…

Melinda’s Garden: Upcyling

It's a work of art that could also keep the planet, not just your garden, green.

Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. And if you can look at a patch of dirt and see beauty springing forth from it in the form of a garden, what’s to stop you from turning old, unused objects that would otherwise end up in a landfill into works of garden art that will spruce up your…

KVRR Local News Morning Show Year In Review

Highligts From the Morning Show's First Year on the Air

  September 22nd marks the one year anniversary of the KVRR Local News morning show. Please take a couple minutes to look back at some of the highlights Adam, Emily, Scott, Jackie and an amazing group of behind the scenes crew members brought to you.   Categories: Morning – Features Tags: KVRR LOCAL NEWS, Year In Review

Tech Tip Today: One Tab

Clear your mind, clear your browser tabs.

Running your device with multiple tabs open is manageable only as long as the number of tabs stays fairly low. After you open enough tabs, it can be increasingly confusing to keep track of all of them, and that can really slow down your work. Let Francie Black refocus your work flow by showing you how to consolidate them in…

App of the Week: Dr. Cleaner

Cleans up on your smartphone. Now for an app for your kid's bedroom...

It’s fall, which means aside from the constant litter of falling leaves, we’ll also be making quite a mess on our smartphones with incessant selfies of us posing in front of colorful autumn foliage. Clean up your duplicates with Francie Black in this week’s App of the Week. It’ll leave you that much more time for sipping your pumpkin latte….

Thinking Green: Checking For Leaks

Start with a simple science experiment, end with cost- and environmental savings.

Your home is something that needs to be buttoned up snug for the winter months, and any tiny leak you miss here and there can run you big at the end of home heating season. You can easily check to see if there’s a little leak in the bucket or soda bottle you’re carrying around – but how do you…

LIVE: Lil Bitz Pumpkin Patch

KVRR's Jackie Kelly Learns More About Lil Bitz Pumpkin Patch in Fargo

KVRR’s Jackie Kelly learns more about Lil Bitz Pumpkin Patch in Fargo. Owner Mary Hoglund talked about all of the attractions at the pumpkin patch including a corn maze, horse drawn carriage rides, and pumpkin picking. Categories: Morning – Features, Morning – In The Community Tags: fall activities, Lil Bitz Pumpkin Patch, pumpkin picking

Ask Danny: Fixing Nail Pops

Short of poltergeists, there's nothing you want less to see coming through your walls.

It isn’t as scary as a ghost popping through the walls of your home, but seeing nail pops come through the drywall is a close second. Rest assured, however, nail pops can be fixed to look as good as new. Check out this edition of Ask Danny for the full rundown on how home improvement expert Danny Lipford recommends you…

Melinda’s Garden: Composing Your Compost

A post about compost.

The heavy-duty gardening season is winding down for the season here in the Upper Midwest, but there are some tricks you can still pull out of your sleeve to keep your gardening skills up to scratch. No matter what time of year it is, composting is worth giving a try, since it keeps biodegradable waste out of the landfill and…

Experiments with KVRR Meteorologist Scott Sincoff: Tie-Dye Picture

Fun, Easy, Kid-Friendly Science Experiments

This week, Meteorologist Scott Sincoff works with Concordia Science Academy Coordinator, Dr. Graeme Wyllie on a messy experiment that shows the attraction food color has for paper. What You Need: Food Coloring Shaving Cream A Piece of Paper Popsicle or Mixing Stick Clean Surface How to do the Experiment: The first thing we’re going to need to do this is…