News & Views with Joel Heitkamp

11/30/23: Ted Preister is the Executive Director at the Red River Basin Commission. He joins Joel on "News and Views" to talk about their upcoming conference in January, as well as a major new grant for a soil health project. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/30/23: It's a Thursday and time for another week of our football picks! The studio is full again with Joel Heitkamp, Tom Szymanski, Rusty Halvorson, Jack Michaels, and our guest picker and the Moorhead Mayor, Shelly Carlson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/29/23: Joel Heitkamp is broadcasting from the Midwest Energy Summit brought to us by the FMWF Chamber. Joel is joined by Wade Boeshans, the Executive Director of Summit Carbon Solutions. Wade talks about Summit Carbon solutions and what their goals are, and answers questions on their pipeline project. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/29/23: Joel is broadcasting live from the FMWF Chamber's Midwest Energy Summit, and is joined by the CEO of the Chamber, Shannon Full. Shannon talks about what to expect from the event and what the Chamber is working on for the community. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/29/23: Joel Heitkamp is joined by Tony Grindberg and John Marshall from Xcel Energy while broadcasting from the FMWF Chamber's Midwest Energy Summit. John is the Regional VP of Community Relations & Foundation (MN, ND & SD) at Xcel Energy, and Tony Grindberg is the Principal Manager at Xcel Energy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/28/23: The event formerly known as the Northern Ag Expo will now be called the NDAA Agribusiness Expo. Joel is broadcasting from the Avalon Events Center for the Expo, and is joined by the NDAA President, Jim Breckheimer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/28/23: David Richman is entering his 10th year as the head men's basketball coach at North Dakota State University in 2023-24. In nine seasons as head coach, Richman has led the Bison to three NCAA Tournament berths and seven Summit League Tournament championship games. Joel is joined by Coach Richman on this Giving Day to talk about what donations can do for NDSU. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/27/23: Linda Gradstein is a CBS reporter based in Jerusalem, and joins Joel on "News and Views" to talk about the ceasefire and hostage situation in the Israel-Hamas war. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/22/23: It's another week to make football picks! The studio is full again with Joel Heitkamp, Rusty Halvorson, Jack Michaels, Tom Szymanski, and our trusty boss, Dan Cash. Dan is the Vice President and Market Manager at MWC Advertising Fargo-Moorhead.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/22/23: Joel Heitkamp is joined by United States Senator Kevin Cramer on "News and Views." Senator Cramer takes his and the listener's questions, and talk about the Farm Bill, 2024 Presidential election, and moreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/21/23: Steve Hunegs is the executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas. He joins Joel on "News and Views" to talk about the Israel-Hamas war and the rise of antisemitism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/21/23: Joel Heitkamp is joined by Lori Ishaug, the Board Vice President for the ND/MN Veterans Honor Flight. They talk about the Honor Flight, and the Fargo Force game this weekend where the players will be wearing Honor Flight Fargo Force jerseys. There will be a giveaway at the game as well for the first 1,000 people into the game. Learn more and get your tickets at https://fargoforce.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/17/23 - Congressman Kelly Armstrong joins Joel Heitkamp to take listeners calls and questions. In this episode: Will he vote for Trump if convicted of a felony, does he plan to vote for expel George Santos, potential government shutdowns, farm bill and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/16/23: Steve Andrist is the Executive Director at the ND Newspaper Association, and joins Joel to talk about the North Dakota News Cooperative's recent survey, as well as how media has evolved and how to fact-check different sources. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/16/23: Joel Heitkamp is joined by Carl Hulse on "News and Views." Carl is the Chief Washington Correspondent at the New York Times and has been covering Washington since 1985. Joel and Carl talk about the new Speaker of the House, the behavior of certain members of Congress, the stopgap bill to keep the government open, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/16/23: The studio is full again for another week of NFL picks. We have Joel Heitkamp, Jack Michaels, Tom Szymanski, Robbie Daniels, and Ryan Janke all making their picks for the upcoming games. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/16/23: Joel Heitkamp and Tyler Axness, Host of Afternoon's Live, talk about North Dakota's Public Employees Retirement System. Just weeks after the state's Public Employees Retirement System's board chair was removed from her appointment as head of the pension oversight body, the board terminated the employment of its executive director. Read the full KFGO story here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/14/23: Cara Mund, guest host on "News and Views," is joined by the Founder of [solidcore] and North Dakota native, Anne Mahlum. Anne opened her first [solidcore] studio in November of 2013 with the $175,000 she had saved, and in April 2023, she sold her company and created $100M of net worth for herself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/14/23: Sister duo Tigirlily Gold has been playing music together since they could walk, and officially formed their band in high school. They're originally from Hazen, ND and join our guest host, Cara Mund, on "News and Views" to talk about their journey and career. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/14/23: Cara Mund, former Miss America, is filling in for Joel and is joined by Grace Stanke, Miss America 2023. Grace is the third Miss Wisconsin to earn the title of Miss America, and is spending her year traveling the country inspiring women and advocating for STEM careers while pursing her degree in nuclear engineering.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/13/23: North Dakota State Representative Josh Boschee is filling in for Joel Heitkamp, and is joined by Katie Jo Armbrust with the Grand Forks Housing Authority. They have a conversation about affordable housing programs, the importance of LaGrave on First, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/13/23: Josh Boschee is filling in for Joel Heitkamp, and is joined on "News and Views" by Jennifer Henderson, the Planning & Housing Director for ND Housing Finance Agency. They have a conversation about the purpose of the agency, the role they play in keeping housing affordable, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/13/23:Kylie Oversen is an associate attorney working out of the Fargo office of the Schneider Law Firm. Our guest host, Representative Josh Boschee, talks with her about her work on eviction cases, the COVID moratorium on evictions, and what the process looks like if someone were to be evicted. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/13/23: State Representative Josh Boschee is guest hosting for Joel, and is joined by Erin Oban, the North Dakota State Director for USDA Rural Development. She tells us about what the USDA does for North Dakota and various programs citizens can use to get assistance in rural communities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/09/23: Nick Archuleta serves as the President of North Dakota United, and joins Joel on "News and Views" to talk about their new Legislative Report Card website. In early October 2023, ND United introduced its new Legislative Scorecard, offering an easy way for members to track lawmaker votes on bills relating to public education and public service in the North Dakota Legislature. Check out their grade of your legislator or district here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/09/23: Lacye Knutson has been part of the medical field for 18 years. She is a Minnesota Nurses Association Steward of 4 years and is currently serving as a contract negotiating team member for the first time. She joins Joel to talk about the union nurses at CHI-St. Alexius in Bismarck that are doing an informational picket on the 14th due to contract negotiations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/09/23: It's time for more football picks! The studio is full again with Joel Heitkamp, Rusty Halvorson, Jack Michaels, Too Tall Tom Szymanski, and our guest picker, Charley Johnson. Charley is the President & CEO of the Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/08/23: Dr. Tracie Newman is a board-certified pediatrician with Sanford Health and serves as the City of Fargo Health Officer at Fargo Cass Public Health. At NDSU, she is the Associate Director of the Center for Immunization Research and Education and an Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Public Health. She joins Joel to talk about Flu, COVID, and RSV vaccines. She answers questions about who can get them, when to get them, what are the symptoms, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/08/23: Dr. Kari Odermann is a North Dakota native that fled Kyiv prior to the attacks and is now living in Germany. She has also been a political commentator in Ukraine. She joins Joel to have a conversation about the war in Ukraine. Despite the more recent war between Israel and Hamas, the Ukrainians still need aid against Russia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/08/23: David Goldenberg is the Regional Director of the Midwest Anti-Defamation League. ADL Midwest provides regional support within northern Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. ADL's mission is to protect the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all. David and Joel have a conversation about the rise of antisemitism in the United States since the 2020 election, but especially since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/07/23: Michael Beckel is the Research Director at Issue One, which is a cross partisan political reform group in Washington, D.C. He joins Joel on "News and Views" to talk about the high turnover rate of election workers ever since the 2020 presidential election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/07/23: Scott Brand is an Attorney at Nilson Brand Law, and emphasizes his practice areas in criminal law and family law. He shares his expertise and answers questions around former President Trump's civil fraud trial in New York. Trump repeatedly lashed out at the attorney general and judge, calling the case a "scam" and "political witch hunt."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/07/23: Seth Holden is the Vice President of the Fargo School Board, and joins Joel on "News and Views" to talk about yesterday's meeting.  The Fargo School Board unanimously approved a new negotiated contract and retroactive pay for the district's public school teachers Monday morning. The contract as negotiated with the Fargo Education Association represents a base salary increase of 8.97% in the first year of the two-year agreement.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/03/23: Lindsey Burkhardt is the Director of North Dakota Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Task Force. She joins our guest host, Tyler Axness, on "News and Views" to talk about what the task force does, what victims can do, and what you should do if you suspect sexual abuse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/02/23: Kirsten Baesler is the state school superintendent and administrator of the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. This week on "News and Views," Joel has been trying to answer the many questions around Ray Holmberg's trips to Prague and elsewhere, including where the funding came from. Superintendent Baesler joins Joel to have a conversation to answer those questions and share her thoughts on the situation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/01/23: The studio is full again for another week of Pick Em or Stick Em! This week's guests are Joel Heitkamp, Jack Michaels, Rusty Halvorson, Tom Szymanksi, and our guest picker, Tank from Froggy 99.9. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/02/23: The Attorney General of North Dakota, Drew Wrigley, joins Joel Heitkamp to address the Ray Holmberg case. He addresses the role of the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation in the case, explains the timeline of the case, and answers Joel's questions regarding the investigation into Ray Holmberg.  As Drew Wrigley shared in the interview, anyone with information on this investigation can contact the Homeland Security Investigations Tip Line at 866-347-2423, and/or the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation at 701-328-5500.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/01/23: Joel Heitkamp is joined by Congressman Kelly Armstrong on "News and Views" to talk about the process to get a Speaker of the House and what he thinks of Speaker Mike Johnson, as well as his thoughts on the 2023 Farm Bill and what comes next for Congress. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/01/23:: Records obtained by KFGO News from the North Dakota School Boards Association (NDSBA) show that Ray Holmberg, the former State Senator indicted last week on federal charges of child sex tourism and child pornography, traveled to Europe multiple times as part of a program funded by appropriations from the state legislature. Holmberg is accused of repeatedly traveling to Prague in the Czech Republic between June 2011 and November 2016 for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex acts with a minor. Jon Martinson was the director of the program for the NDSBA, and Bob Martinson is a ND State Representative out of Bismarck who helped with the program and trips. Bob joined Joel yesterday on "News and Views" and came back on, with his brother, to clear up a few things he had wrongly said. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10/31/23: Joel Heitkamp was talking about Bob Martinson and his group's aid in getting former State Senator Ray Holmberg to Prague, where he was now been charged with sex crimes, and Bob Martinson called in to defend the Golden Bridge group.  Bob has since called in and told Joel that Golden Bridge did fund a trip to Prague that Senator Holmberg was on. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10/26/23: Matt Dunlap served as Secretary of State of Maine from 2013 to 2021, and previously served in that same post from 2005 to 2011. He and Joel talk about the deadly shooting in Maine last night that took place at a bowling alley and a restaurant, and left at least 18 dead and 13 injured in Lewiston, Maine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10/26/23: Joel Heitkamp is joined by South Dakota's Congressman, Dusty Johnson. They talk about the vote for the new Speaker of the House, and why it took so long to agree on one. They also briefly discuss rural mail carriers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.