The Good Life – November-December 2018
Featuring Sheriff Paul Laney. Local Hero - CHARISM, Having a Beer with Joel Heitkamp, Mr. Full-Time Dad and more in Fargo Moorhead's only men's magazine.
Featuring Sheriff Paul Laney. Local Hero - CHARISM, Having a Beer with Joel Heitkamp, Mr. Full-Time Dad and more in Fargo Moorhead's only men's magazine.
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WRITTEN BY: MEGHAN FEIR • PHOTOS BY: URBAN TOAD MEDIA<br />
Joel Heitkamp is no stranger to opposition and is not easily intimidated by harsh<br />
words and middle fingers. From his time working as a utilities manager to being<br />
a referee, a North Dakota senator to a radio talk show host, Heitkamp has had<br />
to grow a thick skin to ward off the slings of opposing viewpoints and the oft<br />
accompanied anger. For Heitkamp, it just seems to be water off a golden<br />
retriever’s back.<br />
In his current role as the operations manager for Midwest Communications,<br />
Heitkamp manages the on-air side of six radio stations, including KFGO,<br />
Y94 and 740 <strong>The</strong> Fan and has collectively been in the radio industry 14<br />
years.<br />
On a richly warm autumn day at Brewhalla (Drekker Brewing Company’s<br />
newest location), I had the opportunity to pose questions no other<br />
journalist or radio caller would bother asking the ex-senator and radio<br />
professional. <strong>The</strong> only question that stumped him was one pertaining<br />
to kombucha, leading to a discussion about headcheese.<br />
“Have you ever eaten<br />
cow tongue? You<br />
come out to my fish<br />
house and it’ll be an<br />
experience. You won’t<br />
stay long unless you<br />
wear a gas mask, but<br />
you can come on in.”<br />
<strong>–</strong> Joel Heitkamp<br />
urbantoadmedia.com / THE GOOD LIFE / 13
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