Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

We’ll talk to former US Attorney Jim Santelle about the impact of Donald Trump’s victory, from the crumbling of the investigations into election interference and classified documents to the ways Trum…

Not that voters in the US aren’t special, but it turns out they’re just like voters in every other major democracy around the world this year. We’ll discuss that common bond with Courier Newsroom nat…

The moms who started Motherhood for Good have helped countless busy parents understand the need to pay attention the politics, and they’ve helped them bring energy and optimism to civic engagement. N…

You can’t think of our home base in Chippewa Falls without thinking of the Leinenkugel Brewing Co., but that’s going to change next year after an announcement from Molson-Coors that it’s shutting dow…

We continue updating close races for Wisconsin Assembly, with reaction from Dan Hagen at WJFW-TV, meteorologist Brittney Merlot who covered the 8th Congressional District outcome, UpNorthNews reporte…

Once again, Wisconsin was the national tipping point—for giving Donald Trump a victory. Just as in 2016, Wisconsin voters decided he was their preferred choice to demonstrably better women running ag…

We’re joined by Debra Cronmiller of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters about the unnecessary constitutional amendment on today’s ballot. And Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski is urging everyone to…

We kick off our Election Day coverage with something a little unconventional. You’ll recall our summertime reality kick: the Wisconsin edition of Top Chef. Today we hear from Milwaukee chef Dan Jacob…

Before he ever ran for president or took a job in DC, Pete Buttigieg was mayor of a small Indiana city, so he knows a thing or two about Midwestern values and what makes our economy tick. We talk to …

As an ex-president ends his campaign with dark, violent ramblings, a report came out over the weekend revealing it was a staffer from Ripon who likely booked the racist comedian whose Madison Square …

The former president is calling our country a garbage can and threatening to jail his critics. His Speaker of the House called again for taking away health care from millions of Americans. But the na…

Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz calls in to talk about her husband’s run for vice president and what makes her great-grandmother’s cookie recipe so popular. Courier Newsroom national correspondent Key…

We’re joined by California Congressman Adam Schiff—who’s in Wisconsin to campaign for Tammy Baldwin, but who also has a special reason why he’s reaching out to one of his potential constituents while…

It’s been 13,197 days since Michael Dukakis turned a photo-op into the most disastrous “self-own” of presidential campaigns. Dukakis turns 91 this weekend and is finally feeling redeemed after Donald…

It seems on-brand that the Wisconsin Legislature would require a new literacy program for schools while it seems unable to read the language that requires it to actually fund the program. We’ll talk …

This week’s Climate Check includes a visit with the superintendent in the Northland Pines School District, where solar energy projects have been a focus for nearly 20 years—but now the Biden-Harris I…

The Coulee Region of western Wisconsin, with the ups and downs of its many ravines, is a good geographical representation of today’s up-and-down, back-and-forth politics. But the voters there are rea…

JD Vance would like women and minorities to stop getting offended “at every little thing,” like when white man make jokes about women and minorities. The GOP running mate told an audience in Wausau o…

College students are getting texted with false information designed to intimidate them into not voting. We’ll sort out fact from the criminally fictitious, as we cover the stories making news as we s…

We’ll play a tiny sample of what happened in Madison Square Garden on Sunday as Donald Trump’s campaign continues its natural evolution from angry mavericks to shamelessly public racists. And we’ll r…