10/24/25: Jim Shaw, Inforum Columnist, is filling in for Joel Heitkamp on "News and Views." 

Jim talks with Anastasiia and Michael about Ukrainian refugees in the U.S. and how they are losing their work permits and being forced to leave. Anastasiia Sherstiuk is a Ukrainian refugee living in Bismarck and Michael Southam is co-founder of F-M Volunteers for Ukraine.

(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.)

10/24/25: Jim Shaw, Inforum Columnist, is filling in for Joel Heitkamp on "News and Views."&nbsp;
Jim talks with Anastasiia and Michael about Ukrainian refugees in the U.S. and how they are losing their work permits and being forced to leave. Anastasiia Sherstiuk is a Ukrainian refugee living in Bismarck and Michael Southam is co-founder of F-M Volunteers for Ukraine.
(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, &ldquo;News &amp; Views,&rdquo; can be heard weekdays from 8 &ndash; 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

News & Views with Joel Heitkamp is a multi-award winning program where Joel Heitkamp brings his common sense approach to the issues of the day. From politics to public service announcements and sports to government spending, there is a place in the conversation for everyone.

News & Views with Joel Heitkamp

News & Views with Joel Heitkamp is a multi-award winning program on KFGO in Fargo, North Dakota where Joel Heitkamp brings his common sense approach to the issues of the day in the upper Midwest region. From politics to public service announcements to sports to government spending, there is a place in the conversation for everyone.

Anastasiia Sherstiuk and Michael Southam advocate for Ukranian refugees in the U.S.

02/19/26: The former Prince Andrew, now Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was arrested Thursday for suspected misconduct in public office after revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein files. Joel Heitkamp shares his take and takes comments from listeners on the news. 

(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.)

02/19/26: The former Prince Andrew, now Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was arrested Thursday for suspected misconduct in public office after revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein files. Joel Heitkamp shares his take and takes comments from listeners on the news.&nbsp;
(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, &ldquo;News &amp; Views,&rdquo; can be heard weekdays from 8 &ndash; 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

Joel speaks to arrest of former Prince Andrew over Epstein files-related misconduct

02/19/26: Stacy Mitchell is the Co-Executive Director for the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and wrote this article in the Atlantic: The Great Grocery Squeeze / How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance released a new interactive map and policy brief that exposes how decades of unchecked consolidation reshaped the American grocery landscape.

(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.)

02/19/26: Stacy Mitchell is the Co-Executive Director for the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and&nbsp;wrote this article in the Atlantic: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/food-deserts-robinson-patman/680765/?gift=QFVDFKVE3HQ31cU_KmT1dMoNepnmHxqTbYqKlK_hiUE&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/food-deserts-robinson-patman/680765/?gift%3DQFVDFKVE3HQ31cU_KmT1dMoNepnmHxqTbYqKlK_hiUE%26utm_source%3Dcopy-link%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3Dshare&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1771621136937000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2fFIZfTOUADGZd5KFWL8uC">The Great Grocery Squeeze / How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert. </a>The Institute for Local Self-Reliance<a href="https://ilsr.org/article/independent-business/grocerygaps/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ilsr.org/article/independent-business/grocerygaps/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1771621136937000&amp;usg=AOvVaw282ApgbwOMY4RW-7YLjHWI">&nbsp;released a new interactive map&nbsp;</a>and policy brief that exposes how decades of unchecked consolidation reshaped the American grocery landscape.
(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, &ldquo;News &amp; Views,&rdquo; can be heard weekdays from 8 &ndash; 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

Stacy Mitchell speaks to grocery food deserts across rural America

02/19/26: Fargo Police Chief Dave Zibolski gave commissioners an overview of how his department deals with immigration-related issues. He joins Joel Heitkamp on "News and Views" to talk about the meeting and how his department would deal with ICE.

(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.)

02/19/26: Fargo Police Chief Dave Zibolski gave commissioners an overview of how his department deals with immigration-related issues. He joins Joel Heitkamp on "News and Views" to talk about the meeting and how his department would deal with ICE.
(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, &ldquo;News &amp; Views,&rdquo; can be heard weekdays from 8 &ndash; 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

Anastasiia Sherstiuk and Michael Southam advocate for Ukranian refugees in the U.S.

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