Marilyn Hagerty, the Grand Forks Herald columnist who has become an internet celebrity for her no-nonsense review of a local Olive Garden, recently sat down with WDAZ reporter Melanie Orlins to discuss her newfound fame.

“Somebody told me I went viral, I didn’t know what that meant,” Hagerty told Orlins. “The phone has been ringing all the time and I’ve been answering it and then the emails keep pouring in and I’ve been trying to keep track of that… I still don’t get it.”

With interview requests flooding her inbox, Hagerty says that she’s probably going to cross Jay Leno off her list of suitors since she doesn’t like the way he combs his hair. Video inside… Read more

After an appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” last week, a local news clip featuring some rogue weather graphics (watch above) went viral, becoming fodder on a slew of websites, as well as NBC’s “Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”

Although the video was uploaded to YouTube on August 29 of this year, the actual source of the video, from Idaho Falls CBS-affiliate KIDK, is two years old, according to KDSK, and features anchors who no longer even work at the station.

Watch the segment from “Ellen,” which features DeGeneres dodging her own crafty graphics, after the jump. Read more