07/07/26: Vern Thompson, Candidate for North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner, will host a round table to address mental health in agriculture. Tuesday, July 7, 6:00 pm at the Living Waters Lutheran Church, 4451 40th Ave S, Fargo.

North Dakota is experiencing a crisis: farmer suicides. According to the CDC, farmers are three times more likely to die by suicide than the general population. There were at least seven farmer suicides in North Dakota between January 1 and June 1, 2026. This round table will bring farmers, legislators, agriculture organizations, healthcare professionals, and faith and community leaders together to figure out a solution.

(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.)

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

07/07/26: Dakota Rudesill is an Associate Professor of Law at Ohio State University, and specializes in legislation and national security law and policy.

(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.)

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beth Tiegs joins the show to talk about the 4th of July Celebration going on in Hankinson.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Moorhead Mayor Shelly Carlson is running for State Representative. She joins News and Views to talk about what's left to do in the city of Moorhead in the remainder of her term.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angie Craig is a US Representative for the state of Minnesota. She will be running for the US Senate in the upcoming election.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jonathan Martin is the politics bureau chief and senior political columnist at POLITICO. He joins Joel Heitkamp who was live in Medora for the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

North Dakota Governor joins News and Views to discuss the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

07/06/26: As the World Cup continues, news broke over the weekend that President Trump admitting to calling FIFA regarding a U.S. player suspension. Both Former Congressman Earl Pomeroy and Joel Heitkamp share their distaste over Trump's move.

(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.)

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.