
KFGO talk-show host Joel Heitkamp brings his common sense approach to the issues of the day.

Change the damn channel
It took the longest time when I was growing up for the Heitkamp household to get a TV with a remote. Not to mention getting a second TV. And that one was in the girl's room with rabbit ears, so as you'd expect, I wasn't allowed to use that one. So the TV in the living room was all I had, along with nine other people in...
Feb 11, 2026

They'll be remembered
There are two names all of America knows that they didn't at the beginning of this month. The first is Renee Good. Renee was a mother of three that, along with her wife, was out protesting against the treatment of their fellow Minnesotans. They saw first-hand how ICE was treating human beings, so they tried to block a ...
Jan 30, 2026

What has happened to us?
You just don't treat people this way. To drag a grandfather in his underwear and sandals out into the cold Minnesota air just to make a spectacle of him is unforgivable. ICE did exactly that in front of his grandchild, as if it was some reward. The man they abused is an American citizen, although it shouldn't matter. ...
Jan 22, 2026

Trust your eyes
Renee Nicole Good is dead. She was a mother of thee and was killed by an ICE agent from three shots to the head on a neighborhood street in Minneapolis. We all knew this was going to happen, we just didn't know where or when. Now we do: January 7, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Everyone is asking the question: Who is ...
Jan 10, 2026

LISTEN: Whistleblower Complaint filed against CHS (Cenex Harvest Sales)
We had the chance to visit with Dennis Carlson and John Tye to discuss a recent whistleblower complaint against CHS. You can listen to the podcast, and view the complaint files at the links below: CHS Congress disclosure 2025-11-20 v1.4 AS SUBMITTED_opt CHS DOJ MN ND disclosure 2025-10-16 as submitted_ redacted
Dec 02, 2025
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Nov 28, 2025

Speak up
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread joined us this week on "News and Views." The Republican Commissioner spoke to the insurance needs of North Dakotans and how they're being met. North Dakotans that include farmers, ranchers, small business owners, and everyone in between using the Affordable Car...
Oct 20, 2025

One war ends and another grows
First off, let me congratulate the Trump Administration for the results so far with the war in Gaza. I'm not sure that I should reference it as a war, when really what it had turned into was the destruction of Gaza. But the remaining Israeli hostages are returning home to their families, and the remains of those that n...
Oct 15, 2025

Just do your job
While I write this, the United States government is shut down. Lines have been drawn in the sand and neither party seems willing to cross them. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is in front of every camera blaming the Democrats, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is getting in front of every camera blaming the Re...
Oct 02, 2025
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$20 billion for a compliment
Argentina pulled every tax they had on soybeans, and it worked. It worked because of Donald Trump, and now China bought 20 vessels at the reduced price. Not only did his tariffs stop China from trading with the U.S., but they bought from someone else at a higher price. How could Argentina afford to do this you may ask?...
Sep 25, 2025

Who's to blame?
A man with a wife and two little kids was recently shot and killed on a college campus in Utah. He was shot with a bolt-action rifle, less than two hundred yards away. That's a distance that any of us that have shot a rifle know isn't that far. I mention that only because those of you that don't understand weapons will...
Sep 19, 2025

Do they really care?
Imagine a scenario where a woman is held up in a house in Fargo. She isn't from the United States, and is accused of dealing drugs out of that home. Rather than surround the home with law enforcement to make an arrest, imagine they simply blow up the house. They kill her and whoever and whatever else might be in that h...
Sep 09, 2025

It takes courage
Imagine the courage it took to stand on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and let the world know you had been raped as a child. To get the courage and face members of Congress and a President that don't want America to hear you, yet they shared their stories anyway. His victims bonded together and demanded the Epstein file...
Sep 05, 2025

It's good to feel safe
Why do the majority of farmers vote straight Republican? Commodity prices have been way higher during the past three Democratic Administrations. They had the ability to control their own future with checkoff dollars rather than living with tariffs. And yet, a majority still doesn't care and continues to vote straight R...
Aug 28, 2025

What about the girls?
Nobody is talking about the girls. We've only heard about how disgusting Donald Trump is and his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.We know how information has been hidden from the public and probably altered. But in the end, isn't it about what was done to those girls? One of two things recently happened: Either Donald...
Jul 24, 2025

There's a list and you know it
The question is pretty simple: Is there a Jeffrey Epstein list? The people closest to Donald Trump for years have said there was, including Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, and Pam Bondi. That means the Head and Deputy of the FBI, as well as the United States Attorney General, all agreed that all those people going to Epstein'...
Jul 15, 2025

Big, Ugly Bill
John Hoeven, Kevin Cramer, and Julie Fedorchak held a press conference to brag about why they voted for what they call, the "one big, beautiful bill." Now a law that they say will change America forever. They're certainly right on some aspects, but very wrong in others. It's a big bill. It's so big they were ...
Jul 11, 2025

Do they even care?
Four people in Minnesota were stalked, and then shot. State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed, and State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were critically injured. The Democrats appear to have been attacked simply for how they voted. Imagine that, being attacked for doing what t...
Jun 20, 2025

We need them
What is it about Donald Trump and his followers' hatred of international students? Why don't they see them for what they are? Some of the brightest students in the world, choosing to continue their studies in America. They want to go to some of the most prestigious institutions in the world to get their degree, and we ...
Jun 02, 2025

From dolls to planes
How do you define victory in a trade war? Is it by someone agreeing to buy more? Or maybe by someone agreeing to charge less? It really comes down to that, right? It comes down to how much people give or get for doing business. The Trump tariffs have attempted to do just that. The question is, for who? Who might have h...
May 15, 2025

