The Good Life – January-February 2016

KK: I get called the wrong name all the
time, names of anchors who haven’t
been here in 20 years.
GL: Like Najila Amundson?
KK: That one I haven’t gotten.
DM: You go to a funeral: “Hey, Kevin!”
“Don’t you ever call me that.”
GL: What is the most endearing part of
your heritage?
DM: I take a day off in December, and
my dad and I take a road trip. We go
to Wishek to pick up sausage, like $150
worth of sausage. Then we go up to
Ashley to pick up Kuchen – coffee
cake. That’s a big day out for the Mogck
boys.
GL: Did you guys ever play video or
computer games?
KK: Yes. I grew up with a Commodore
64 computer and we played “Frogger.”
My sister was way better at it than me.
One time, I was really, really mad at her.
She wasn’t listening and was on level
40 – highest she’d ever been – and I
just unplugged the whole thing. She
still brings it up at Christmas.
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GL: What’s one thing you two wish
people would know about news
anchoring?
DM: That we don’t just work from 6 to
6:30 and 10 to 10:35. There’s a little
more to it than that.
KK: In a market our size, we work really
hard, and 90 percent of what we do is
writing and rewriting and editing. What
we do and what we love to do is tell
great stories. The anchoring, reading
and presenting – that’s just the icing on
the cake.
GL: If Batman and Superman were at
a party with you, who would make the
better wingman?
DM: Batman. He’s wearing a mask.
GL: What if he’s being Bruce Wayne?
DM: Then I’m screwed. Then I’m the
wingman. He’s got the looks and the
money. And the car.
KK: I would agree and say Batman
because he’s more incognito.
Superman is like, “Look at me.” He
would take control.
DM: But I will start wearing tights.
GL: Good. Can you start doing that for
the evening news?
KK: In that case, we’re going to be doing
a lot of walking stand-ups.
GL: Worst date you guys have ever
been on?
KK: There was a guy who was trying
way too hard and did the scary movie
and arm-around-me thing. On the way
home, he thought it was too foggy and
had to pull over, and I was like “Uh, uh,
uh. Get my butt home.”
GL: What about you, Dana?
DM: Well, I was driving once on a foggy
road… Was that you?!
GL: Why should people stay or come to
the Fargo-Moorhead area?
DM: The people. Period. I have a friend
who works in the Phoenix area and
was in charge of hiring people. When
he found out they were from North
Dakota or Minnesota, he hired them
like that because they’re genuine,
honest people.
GL: Do you think that’s kind of shifted