10/11/24: Joel Heitkamp is joined by Eric Eisenlohr, the President of the Fargo Firefighters Local 642. Eric breaks down Measure 3 that'll appear on the Fargo ballots next month. Measure 3 would establish a one-quarter of one percent (1/4%) sales, use and gross receipts tax to extend for twenty (20) years with the funds collected from said tax to be used exclusively for fire and police operations, fire and police equipment, and fire and police buildings. 

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10/11/24: Joel Heitkamp is joined by Jeb Williams to talk about the upcoming pheasant opener, as well as the deer hunting season and fire safety during this dry season. Jeb is the Director of North Dakota Game and Fish, and encourages hunters to take precautions and stay safe!

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10/11/24: After Julie Fedorchak declined to participate in a debate hosted at KFGO, Joel offered her opponent, Trygve Hammer, the same amount of time on "News and Views." Trygve has served in the military, worked on the oilfield rigs, and taught North Dakota students as a 7-12th grades science teacher, and now he's running for U.S. Congress.

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10/10/24: Darrell Dorgan is a North Dakota native living in Florida, and made it safely through Hurricane Milton. He joins Joel on "News and Views" to give an update the morning after the storm. 

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10/10/24: Dan is a candidate for judge in the East Central Judicial District, which includes Cass, Steele and Traill counties. He is a veteran of the United States Army, graduate of the UND School of Law, and most recently worked as a judicial referee. He joins Joel in the KFGO studio to talk about why he's running and what makes him stand out as a candidate. 

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10/09/24: Former United States Senator Tim Johnson was the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota has died at the age of 77. Senator Johnson, who was first elected to Congress in 1986 and retired from the Senate in 2015, died Tuesday night of complications from a recent stroke.

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Sharon Stroschein joins Joel on "News and Views" to respond to the news and share memories from her time working with him.

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10/09/24: Darrell Dorgan is a North Dakota native and an award-winning journalist who worked as a television news director/anchor for 25-years. He joins Joel on "News and Views" to chat about Hurricane Milton heading towards Florida, and why he's still there through it. 

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10/09/24: Jason Heitkamp is running for ND Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction, and is a current truck driver and former State Senator. His focus will be getting back to the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic in the schools, and reaching a higher standard of health and fitness.

He joins Joel Heitkamp on "News and Views" to talk about why he wants the job, and elaborates on his views on homeschooling, state testing, and electronics in schools. 

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10/09/24: The studio is full once again to make some NFL picks for the upcoming games. We have Joel Heitkamp, Rusty Halvorson, Tom Szymanski, Jack Michaels, and our guest picker, Deno from Starr Fireworks. 

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10/8/24: Joel Heitkamp and Tyler Axness sit down in the KFGO studio after the debate between Merrill Piepkorn and Kelly Armstrong took place to go over what they heard from it. 

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