05/13/25: Joel Heitkamp is joined in the KFGO studio by Travis and Matthew from Fix It Forward Auto Care and Ministry. You can bring your car there for an oil change or a check up, or even donate your old car (even if it doesn't work) and they'll donate it to in-need members of our community! 

Learn more about Fix It Forward on their website. 

(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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05/13/25: Joel Heitkamp is joined on KFGO by his sister and former United States Senator, Heidi Heitkamp, to talk about current headlines from the Trump Administration.

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05/12/25: David Bauder is the AP’s national media writer, covering the intersection of news, politics and entertainment, and is based in New York. He joins Joel Heitkamp on "News and Views" to talk about President Trump's goal of cutting funding to public media like PBS and NPR. 

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05/12/25: Joel Heitkamp is joined by Monsignor Patrick Schumacher of the Church of Corpus Christi in Bismarck to talk about the election of Pope Leo and what it means for the future of Catholicism. 

Pope Leo XIV appealed to the world’s major powers for “no more war” in his first Sunday message to crowds in St. Peter’s Square since his election as pontiff.

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Photo courtesy of Monsignor Schumacher - Pope Leo in Peru doing mission work

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05/09/25: Dan Wogsland is the former Executive Director of the North Dakota Grain Growers and is filling in for Joel Heitkamp on "News and Views." Dan is joined by Greg Lardy to talk about the legislative session and North Dakota ag research. Greg is the Joe and Norma Peltier Vice President for Agriculture, Dean-CAFSNR, and Director of NDAES.

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05/09/25: Dan Wogsland, former Executive Director of the North Dakota Grain Growers, is filling in for Joel Heitkamp. Dan is joined on KFGO by North Dakota State Senator Greg Kessel from District 39 in Belfield. Greg is also a farmer and Chairman of the Two Track Malting Board. 

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05/09/25: Joel Heitkamp has Dan Wogsland, former Executive Director of the North Dakota Grain Growers, filling in for him. Dan is joined by Brenda Elmer, the Executive Director for the North Dakota Corn Growers Association, in the KFGO studio. She joined the Association in 2020, and talks with Dan about spring planting. 

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05/09/25: Joel Heitkamp is off for the day and has Dan Wogsland, the former Executive Director of the North Dakota Grain Growers, filling in for him. Dan is joined on the air by Neal Fisher, the Administrator of the North Dakota Wheat Commission. His work for the Wheat Commission is a worldwide effort via U.S. Wheat Associates and the Cooperator Programs of USDA’s Foreign Agriculture Service. 

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05/08/25: Joel Heitkamp is broadcasting from Williston, ND at the Economic Development. He's joined by the Executive Director, Shawn Wenko, to talk about the city growth and future plans. 

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05/08/25: Anna Nelson as the new Executive Director of Williston Economic Development, and sits down with Joel while he broadcasts live from Williston. Nelson, age 34, will take over for Shawn Wenko, who served as the executive director since 2014. Wenko was promoted to city administrator in May 2023. The search for a new Executive Director was launched in January of 2024.

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