12/28/23: Minnesota State Senator Rob Kupec and Minnesota State Representative Heather Keeler are in the KFGO studio together to talk about the state legislature. Rep. Heather Keeler represents District 04A out of Moorhead, and Sen. Rob Kupec represents District 04 also out of Moorhead. Senator Kupec asks Representative Keeler about this past session and her work on homelessness, as well as a new school in Moorhead!

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12/28/23: Minnesota State Senator, Rob Kupec is filling in for Joel, and is joined on "News and Views" by United States Senator, Amy Klobuchar. They talk about the Farm Bill, AM radio in vehicles, and more. 

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12/27/23: Joel Heitkamp is joined on "News and Views" by Mark Kinzler, the General Manager at Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative. He talks about the lines and equipment affected by the ice storm that's hit parts of the state and Midwest. He asks listeners to avoid and be careful around downed lines, as they aren't necessarily out of service. 

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12/27/23: Stephanie Hoff is the Communications Director at Otter Tail Power Company. She joins Joel Heitkamp to give an update of their coverage and current outages due to the ice storm affecting the Midwest. 

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12/27/23: Marshal Albright is the President and CEO at Cass County Electric Cooperative. He joins Joel on "News and Views" to talk about their service during the storm that's hitting parts of North Dakota. He talks about the current status of customers without power and what his employees are doing to fix it as quick as possible. 

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12/22/23: Jim Shaw, columnist at the Inforum, is filling in for Joel Heitkamp on "News and Views."

Vicki Schmidt, Nancy Farnham, and Carrie Leopold are three women from the area that recently visited the southern border. They join Jim for a conversation about their trip to the border, and their thoughts on the treatment of migrants. 

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12/22/23: Jim Shaw is a current InForum columnist, and former WDAY TV reporter and KVRR TV news director. He is sitting in for Joel Heitkamp today, and has a conversation about the Minnesota End-of-Life Options Act. This bill will allow a terminally ill, mentally capable adult with a prognosis of six months or less to live, the option to request, obtain and take medication — should they choose —  to die peacefully in their sleep if their suffering becomes unbearable. 

Jim is joined by Dr. Rebecca Thoman and Andrea Anderson to have the conversation. Dr. Thoman is program director of Doctors with Dignity, and Andrea is a strong advocate of death with dignity.

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12/20/23: We have another full studio for a Christmas edition of "Pick 'em or Stick 'em" with Santa in the mix. This week, we have Joel Heitkamp, Amy Iler, Jack Michaels, Tom Szymanski, and Santa making their football picks. 

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12/19/23: Joel Heitkamp is joined on "News and Views" by David French, an Opinion Columnist for the News York Times. David writes about law, culture, religion, and armed conflict for the New York Times. In 2019, he started The Dispatch, a conservative media company and also became a contributing writer for The Atlantic. He and Joel have a conversation about antisemitism in the United States, as well as his take on the Insurrection Act and why it's so dangerous. 

Check out his full profile and articles at the New York Times, right here. 

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12/15/23: Joel is broadcasting from Bismarck at the North Dakota Farmers Union State Convention, and is joined by Matt Perdue, the NDFU Government Relations Director. NDFU is spearheading a pilot USDA program in North Dakota called the Alliance to
Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture that Matt is overseeing.

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