📝 Episode Summary:On this Friday edition of The Steve Hallstrom Show, Steve tackles everything from brewing storms to surging stock markets and sizzling summertime small-engine repairs. Buckle up for a jam-packed show that blends local headlines, national insights, and meaningful conversations with guests shaping the region. Steve opens with a warning: more severe weather may be rolling in, and while it might not rival last weekend’s destruction, listeners in the Lakes Country region are urged to stay alert after midnight. 🔥 Key Stories & Conversations: 🌪️ Tornado Recovery & Farmers First:North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong and the Bank of North Dakota are responding to storm damage with urgency—especially for farmers who lost critical grain storage. Steve applauds the prioritization of immediate action. 🚒 Fire in the Budget:The Moorhead Fire Chief says the city needs a third fire hall on the southwest side. It’s been 15 years in the making—but budget hurdles persist. 📈 Record Highs in the Market:The S&P 500 and NASDAQ both hit record highs today, with Steve giving a confident nod to the resilience of the economy under Trump’s leadership and noting his long-standing support for Bitcoin (“It's not going to zero, folks!”). ⚖️ Eminent Domain & Family Farms:Steve reacts to a story about the Trump administration pushing back on a New Jersey town attempting to seize a 175-year-old family farm. The message from Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins? “Protect family farms at all costs.” Amen, Steve says. 🇺🇸 Socialism, Race & NYC Politics:A fiery editorial segment unpacks shocking voter demographics in New York’s latest mayoral primary—and the controversial statements made by Democrat candidate Zoran Mamdani about “shifting the tax burden to whiter neighborhoods.” 🎧 Featured Guests: 💻 Chris Sherman – TechSupport.Farm:Chris shares alarming stats about cybersecurity risks in the agriculture sector, warning that family farms are among the top targets for cyberattacks. His advice? Start with better email practices and ditch that “
[email protected]” login ASAP. 🔧 Nate Schaefer – Snowbusters Moorhead:Don’t be fooled by the wintery name—Nate’s fixing small engines all summer long. He highlights Ferris commercial mowers as the Cadillac of yard maintenance. Steve wants one. (So do we.) 🧠 Pat Traynor – Interim Director, ND Health & Human Services:From Dakota Medical Foundation to the helm of North Dakota’s largest agency, Pat shares his ambitious three-pillar plan to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the country. “We need early intervention, strong families, and data that…