08/26/26: Steve Simon is Minnesota’s 22nd Secretary of State, and was sworn into office in January 2015. Before being elected Minnesota’s Secretary of State, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives for ten years representing the communities of St. Louis Park and Hopkins.

(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.)

08/26/26: Steve Simon is Minnesota&rsquo;s 22nd Secretary of State, and was sworn into office in January 2015. Before being elected Minnesota&rsquo;s Secretary of State, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives for ten years representing the communities of St. Louis Park and Hopkins.
(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.

MN Secretary of State Steve Simon addresses mail-in voting and election integrity

08/26/26: Dr. Allen Burgad is the Interim President of Valley City State University and joins Joel Heitkamp on "News and Views." They discuss the new school year, enrollment numbers, athletics, 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.)

08/26/26: Dr. Allen Burgad is the Interim President of Valley City State University and joins Joel Heitkamp on "News and Views." They discuss the new school year, enrollment numbers, athletics, 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.)

Valley City State University President Dr. Allen Burgad talks about new school year

08/26/26: Joel Heitkamp is broadcasting from Duluth and is joined by Mike Rasmusson from Midwest Communications. Mike's great grandpa was a believed to be a Rough Rider or with the Co. G, 1st N. Dakota Inf. U.S. Volunteers and served in the Battle of Manila Bay. Mike shares his family history with the listeners of "News and Views."

(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.)

08/26/26: Joel Heitkamp is broadcasting from Duluth and is joined by Mike Rasmusson from Midwest Communications. Mike's great grandpa was a believed to be a Rough Rider or with the Co. G, 1st N. Dakota Inf. U.S. Volunteers and served in the Battle of Manila Bay. Mike shares his family history with the listeners of "News and Views."
(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.)

Mike Rasmusson shares family ties to Dazey, ND and The Rough Riders

08/25/26: Dr Ezioma Gbujie MD, MPH, MBA is a board-certified Internist and Addiction Medicine specialist who believes that prevention through education is the cheapest way of tackling the Addiction epidemic. She is passionate about leveraging the intersections between the clinical, public health, economic and psychological impacts of Addiction to help people on their recovery journeys, breaking loss cycles, restoring opportunities and protecting the future generations.

She has over 15 years of medical practice experience which include Internal Medicine Residency training at St Peters University Hospital New Brunswick NJ, Attending Physician at Sanford Medical Center Fargo and Addiction Medicine Fellowship at Harvard Medical School/Mass General Brigham in Boston where she still works as a visiting Instructor and clinician. She is the founder of Rebuild Healthcare which is an online Addiction Care Service that breaks down barriers and meets people wherever they are in their recovery journey.

(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.)

08/25/26: Dr Ezioma Gbujie MD, MPH, MBA is a board-certified Internist and Addiction Medicine&nbsp;specialist who believes that prevention through education is the cheapest way of&nbsp;tackling the Addiction epidemic. She is passionate about leveraging the intersections&nbsp;between the clinical, public health, economic and psychological impacts of Addiction to&nbsp;help people on their recovery journeys, breaking loss cycles, restoring opportunities and&nbsp;protecting the future generations.
She has over 15 years of medical practice experience which include Internal Medicine&nbsp;Residency training at St Peters University Hospital New Brunswick NJ, Attending&nbsp;Physician at Sanford Medical Center Fargo and Addiction Medicine Fellowship at&nbsp;Harvard Medical School/Mass General Brigham in Boston where she still works as a&nbsp;visiting Instructor and clinician. She is the founder of Rebuild Healthcare which is an&nbsp;online Addiction Care Service that breaks down barriers and meets people wherever&nbsp;they are in their recovery journey.
(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.)

MN Secretary of State Steve Simon addresses mail-in voting and election integrity

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