01/30/24: Navy Commander Joe Fraser announced his bid for the US Senate in Minnesota, seeking to flip the seat held by Senator Amy Klobuchar. He and Joel have a brief conversation about his views on the Biden administration and goals for the office if elected. 

01/30/24: Navy Commander Joe Fraser announced his bid for the US Senate in Minnesota, seeking to flip the seat held by Senator Amy Klobuchar. He and Joel have a brief conversation about his views on the Biden administration and goals for the office if elected.

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.

Joe Fraser announces campaign for US Senate against Amy Klobuchar

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.

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.)

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 <a href="https://www.fargoboatshow.com/">fargoboatshow.com</a>.
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.)

Buy your tickets now for the Boat and Marine Products Show this weekend at the Fargodome!

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.

All three journalists join Joel Heitkamp in the KFGO studio to cover all of the recent news, including ICE in Minneapolis, President Trump working to take Greenland, and more. 

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.)

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.&nbsp;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.
All three journalists join Joel Heitkamp in the KFGO studio to cover all of the recent news, including ICE in Minneapolis, President Trump working to take Greenland, and more.&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.)

Three journalists, Jack Zaleski, Jane Ahlin, and Al Aamodt bring their expertise to the current news cycle

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 96, surrounded by family. North Dakota voters elected Knutson to serve as legislator, insurance commissioner, and labor commissioner. He served in the Korean War as a Marine in the 1950s. 

(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.)

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 96, surrounded by family.&nbsp;North Dakota voters elected Knutson to serve as legislator, insurance commissioner, and labor&nbsp;commissioner. He&nbsp;served in the Korean War as a Marine in the 1950s.&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.)

Joe Fraser announces campaign for US Senate against Amy Klobuchar

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