News & Views with Joel Heitkamp

10/26/26: Rick Brandvold is the Owner of Icewind Brewing in Mapleton, North Dakota. KFGO has teamed up with Icewind Brewing to bring you the best frozen pizza AND support your local Sanford Children’s Hospital. Now through November 2nd, you can pre-order frozen pizza from Icewind Brewing at KFGO.com. 

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

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10/26/26: Morton County resident Signe Snortland has been endorsed by the Bis/Man Democratic-NPL Party for senate for District 33 of the state legislature. She joins Joel Heitkamp to talk about her campaign and the biggest concerns from voters, including data centers. 

You can learn more about Signe and her campaign at bismanleaders.com.

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

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10/23/26: At 25 years old, Owen Werner made the choice to run for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B. He joins Joel Heitkamp to talk about his decision to run and what his goals if elected will be. 

You can learn more about Owen and his campaign at wernerforhouse.com.

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

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10/23/26: Joel is joined by Dan Stensvold on "News and Views" to share the stories of our veterans and learn more about his efforts of bringing Vietnam Veterans to Vietnam. Learn more and sign up for the trip by calling Dan at 701-331-2104.

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

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10/22/26: Blake Nixon is the President of Geronimo Power. Geronimo Power develops, owns and operates large-scale power and affiliated digital infrastructure projects throughout America’s Heartland, including solar, wind, energy storage and powered data parks.

He joins Joel Heitkamp in the KFGO studio ahead of a moratorium public hearing and proposed vote taking place tonight. 

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

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10/22/26: The studio is full for another week of making picks for the upcoming NFL games. Joel Heitkamp, Jack Michaels, Rusty Halvorson, Tom Szymanski, and guest-picker Steve Dirksen make their picks thanks to West Main Pizza and United Automotive Tech Center.

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

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10/21/26: Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan is running for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota against GOP sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya. 

Peggy was raised by a single mom in St. Louis Park, Peggy’s family was able to make it because of hard work and help from public programs like Section 8 housing, SNAP, and childcare assistance. Peggy is Ojibwe and a member of the White Earth Nation. At just 25, Peggy became the youngest member of the Minneapolis School Board. In 2015, Peggy was elected to the state legislature and became Minnesota’s Lieutenant Governor in 2019.

Learn more about her and her campaign at peggyflanagan.com.

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

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10/21/26: Ariston Johnson is a Watford City-based attorney who has represented clients in mineral rights, civil rights and other cases - he’s now running for North Dakota State Supreme Court against incumbent Justice Jerod Tufte.

Learn more about Ariston and his campaign on his Facebook page.

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

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10/21/26: Jen Pickett is the Recycling Coordinator for the City of Fargo and Mary Aldrich is the Sales Manager at MinnKota EnviroServices Inc.

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

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10/20/26: Dr. Thorvald “Tod” Dahle graduated from the Criminal Justice PhD program at NDSU in 2016. He taught at Minnesota State University Mankato in the criminal justice program, is a former Police Chief in Oregon, and former Police Captain for the Fargo Police Department. He joins Joel Heitkamp to discuss the recent shooting in Oregon and gun safety. 

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

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