News & Views with Joel Heitkamp

01/23/26: Joel Heitkamp and JJ Gordon are joined in the KFGO studio by Anna Johnson, candidate for Fargo City Commission. She is a mural painter who sits on the Fargo Arts and Culture Commission, and is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.

Learn more about Anna and her campaign on her website, annaforfargo.com.

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01/22/26: Bernie Burnham is President of the Minnesota AFL-CIO, and spent 14 years as an elementary school teacher. Mark Froemke is the President of the West Minnesota Area and Red River Valley Area AFL-CIO. Friday is “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth & Freedom,” a general strike that encourages all Minnesotans to stay home from work, school and refrain from shopping to protest the presence of ICE.

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01/22/26: John Hoeven serves as the senior U.S. senator from North Dakota, a seat he has held since 2011, and also served as the 31st governor of North Dakota from 2000 to 2010. He joins Joel on "News and Views" to talk about the big stories around the country, including his views on ICE tactics and President Trump's deal with Greenland.

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01/22/26: Angie Craig flipped a Republican congressional seat in 2018 and has been serving Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional district since then, and is now running for U.S. Senate. She joins Joel Heitkamp on "News and Views" to talk about ICE in Minnesota, President Trump's behavior, and more. 

Learn more about Congresswoman Craig and her campaign at angiecraig.com.

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01/21/26: Kevin Salisbury is running for the Minnesota House 4A. He has served the City of Moorhead, as a firefighter for the past 18 years, and prior to that, worked for 12 years in the insurance industry. You can learn more about Kevin and his views at salisbury4mnhouse.com.

The 4A seat became open since DFL State Representative Heather Keeler announced she’ll run for GOP Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach’s s...

01/21/26: Linda Kenyon is an Anchor and Reporter for CBS Radio. She has covered Congress, the White House and anchored the news for several radio networks before she came to CBS. She joins Joel on "News and Views" to talk about the World Economic Forum in Switzerland after President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney both spoke at it. 

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01/20/26: Joel Heitkamp and Jack Michaels are joined by Bryan Shinn to learn about the upcoming Boat and Marine Products Show. North Dakota's largest boat show will be January 23-25 at the Fargodome. Learn more and buy your tickets at fargoboatshow.com.

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01/20/26: Al Aamodt worked at WDAY for 35 years, as an Editor at KVLY, was a news broadcaster at KFGO, and taught at MSUM. Jack Zaleski is a Columnist at the Forum and was their editorial page Editor for 30 years, and also was Editor of the Devils Lake Daily Journal. Jane Ahlin is a Columnist for The Forum and taught English at MSUM, and is an alum from UND and MSUM.

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01/19/26: Joel Heitkamp is joined on "News and Views" by former United States Senator, Kent Conrad, to remember their friend, Byron Knutson, who passed away December 6. Joel also gets Senator Conrad's take on the current political climate around Greenland and the United States.

Byron Knutson, who joined Martin Luther King Jr., in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to
Montgomery, Ala., passed away December 6 in Bismarck at 9...

01/19/26: Trygve Hammer is a retired Marine Corps officer and a veteran of the Global War on Terror. In his civilian life, he taught 7-12 grade science in a rural school, worked on oil rigs in the Bakken, as a freight rail conductor, and as a counselor for Job Corps in Minot. In 2024, Hammer received 30% of the statewide vote while Fedorchak received 70%, and he announced with Joel that he will be running against Congresswoman Fedo...

01/16/26: Joel is broadcasting from the 40th annual Bologna Feed in Minto, ND, and is joined by quite the crew to promote the town! The Mayor of Minto, Bubba Schweigert, his buddy Chris, and Walsh County Commissioner, Ernie Barta. 

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01/16/26: Mac Schneider served as the US Attorney for the District of North Dakota, and while working as an attorney in private practice, he also represented Grand Forks’ District 42 in the North Dakota Senate from 2008 to 2016.

At least six career prosecutors in the Minneapolis U.S. Attorney's office — including Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson — have resigned as the office continues to face pressure to ...

01/16/26: Joel is joined on "News and Views" by North Dakota State Senator and candidate for Fargo Mayor, Josh Boschee, to talk about the special session that starts next week. He speaks to healthcare concerns, the cost of living in the state, property taxes, and more. 

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01/16/26: While broadcasting from Minto, ND, Joel Heitkamp is joined by ND Highway Patrol Captain Bryan Niewind to learn more on the poor weather conditions on this Friday. 

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01/15/26: Joel Heitkamp and our guest picker, Rat, are joining Pick It or Stick It from Langdon KNDK. Rusty Halvorson, Jack Michaels, and Tom Szymanski are in the KFGO studio in Fargo making their picks for the upcoming NFL games!

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01/15/26: Joel Heitkamp is joined by former Congressman and current Governor of North Dakota, Kelly Armstrong, for a conversation on the ICE attacks in Minnesota, the North Dakota special session next week, and he shares his comments on a retirement announcement. 

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01/15/26: Aric has served as the State Senator for the St. Cloud Region (District 14) since January 2021, and has been a professor of communications at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University since 2003.

Senators Putnam and Rob Kupec, Minnesota Farmers Union, and other state officials held a press conference recently to discuss the impact that ICE activity is having on agriculture, farmers, and rural communities. ...

01/14/26: Reice Haase was appointed director of the North Dakota Department of Water Resources by Governor Kelly Armstrong in January 2025. His experience includes a blend of public and private sector experience, having previously served as deputy director of the North Dakota Industrial Commission and as senior policy advisor to Governor Doug Burgum. He joins Joel in Winnipeg at the 43rd Annual Red River Basin Land a...