Pat Kreitlow is a longtime Wisconsin journalist and former state legislator who lives in and produces his show from along Lake Wissota in Chippewa Falls. UpNorthNews is Northern Wisconsin's home for informative stories and fact-based conversations. Broadcasts live 6 - 9 a.m. across the state! Listen Live: 6:00 am - 9:00 am Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Wisconsin farmers recently held their annual lobbying day to tell lawmakers about their top priorities—likely starting with a request to kindly stop trying to put Wisconsin farmers out of business wi…
The legendary length of the Green Bay Packers’ waiting list for season tickets should make any ticketholder think twice about abusing their fandom, and now the team is proving the point. Christina Lo…
Facing overflows crowds of 3,500 in Kenosha and 2,500 in Altoona over the weekend, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders faced Wisconsin audiences that may be showing signs of buyer’s remorse with President Tr…
A weekend at a Wisconsin Dells resort is just the thing that’ll remind anyone that there would be so much less Wisconsin tourism without workers from other nations. Same goes for farming, constructio…
Step away for a moment from the big numbers about all the people President Trump is terminating. Look at the local level and you’ll see how your federal tax dollars help provide services through offi…
Step away for a moment from the big numbers about all the people President Trump is terminating. Look at the local level and you’ll see how your federal tax dollars help provide services through offi…
Imagine growing up in Hudson, Wisconsin, starting a financial career, and rising to become one of Wall Street’s trusted voices on guarding against fraud, money laundering, and compliance with interna…
Here’s a useful little tool we never thought we’d need in the United States: a Health Care Sabotage Tracker. It is the growing list of ways that the new administration has already started having nega…
It’s been more than a decade and a half since the Wisconsin Legislature’s allocation for school aid kept up with inflation. So it’s small wonder that more school districts are going to referendum on …
History was made in the US Capitol Tuesday night: The first address to a joint session of Congress by a convicted criminal. President Trump returned to the scene of the January 6th crime, triumphant …
Only someone with a personal worth of $40 billion would think that wasteful government spending is how you’d label healthcare for veterans, cancer research, humanitarian aid, and preserving our natio…
One of your first weekend road trips this summer could also be a farm trip. Our guests from the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association will give us an update on the growing list of activities bei…
There’s more to life than getting bogged down in the daily headlines. Author Laura Bird returns to tell us all about book clubs. How to find a good one. How to start a good one. The many ways a club …
President Trump was impeached the first time for his attempted shakedown of the Ukrainian president. Trump returned to the scene of the crime last Friday and did it again—this time for the cameras. E…
On this Oscar weekend, we’ll talk about our own nominees for the best and worst actors in today’s political theater. We’ll talk to two Chicago news veterans: print journalist Mark Jacob and broadcast…
Once you get past the outlandish rhetoric, the political stunts, and the real impact of the Trump administration’s mass firings of essential workers, you can finally ask yourself what’s at the heart …
This week’s confirmation of Kash Patel as FBI director puts the final nail in the coffin of anyone’s hopes that Senate Republicans would stand for integrity when faced with a slate of unqualified and…