05/03/24: Joel Heitkamp is joined in the KFGO studio by Merrill Piepkorn to get an update on his campaign for Governor of North Dakota. Merrill Piepkorn has been serving in the North Dakota Senate representing Fargo District 44 since 2017. He has the Dem-NPL endorsement for his campaign. He takes calls from the KFGO studio, and shares his take on everything from property taxes to childcare. 

05/03/24: Joel Heitkamp is joined in the KFGO studio by Merrill Piepkorn to get an update on his campaign for Governor of North Dakota. Merrill Piepkorn has been serving in the North Dakota Senate representing Fargo District 44 since 2017. He has the Dem-NPL endorsement for his campaign. He takes calls from the KFGO studio, and shares his take on everything from property taxes to childcare.

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.

Merrill Piepkorn criticizes negative campaigning

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.)

Merrill Piepkorn criticizes negative campaigning

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