UpNorthNews Radio with Pat Kreitlow

Right-wing justices on the US Supreme Court indicated on Wednesday their support for state-based abortion bans that do not provide legal protection for doctors when a situation is a clear health emergency but not necessarily life-threatening. Also: Our Women Win Wisconsin segment powered by Motherhood for Good highlights a legislative candidate from the Fox Valley. […]

Republican legislators blocked millions for the UW System until they could blackmail diversity programs. Now they’re blocking millions to clean up contaminated drinking water. They’re blocking millions of dollars to address a healthcare crisis in the Chippewa Valley. And now they’re blocking $36 million in opioid settlement money from being used for proven treatment and […]

Wisconsin’s school board elections took place earlier this month, so you’d think we’re done hearing about voucher school costs, right? Wrong. The truckload of cash being skimmed away from our public schools is becoming an important issue in legislative elections. We’ll discuss a strategy of letting voters know what their legislators are doing to hurt […]

New video shows Eric Hovde messing up on the Pledge of Allegiance, but the words he forgot aren’t necessarily the most important ones to emphasize. Plus, community members in Superior offer an update on their battle against building a natural gas-fired power plant to generate electricity. UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across […]

Vice President Kamala Harris made her third trip to Wisconsin this year, telling a La Crosse audience on Monday that they’re doing the right thing not to let up on reminding their neighbors and friends of the dangers to individual liberty in the wake of the Dobbs decision. Also, Civic Media reporter James Kelly updates […]

Before quitting Congress last weekend, Mike Gallagher gave some quintessentially Wisconsin advice to his now-former colleagues: More social drinking. Plus, it’s Tuesday so we’ll catch up with both Cherita Booker and Christina Lorey to find out what’s popular on our social media posts and in our daily newsletter.

Vice President Kamala Harris is coming to Wisconsin Monday to announce new rules for nursing homes, to avoid the kind of carnage seen during the early stages of the Covid pandemic.

Congress is finally making progress on aid bills for its allies around the world. We’ll report on who supported it and who’s staying put in the Putin caucus. Plus the Bucks begin their playoff run with a firm declaration that reports of their demise are premature! And Kristin Lyerly joins us to talk about Earth […]

While former President Trump is on trial, President Biden is on the campaign trail. We’ll talk to former US Attorney Jim Santelle about how a jury has been selected for Trump’s case of election interference via business fraud. And Mark Jacob will talk about the media being chastised for saying too much about the identity […]

The people who coined the term “snowflake” sure are quick to have a meltdown when you call attention to their actual record. We’ll look at Eric Hovde’s attempt to deny his own words about nursing home residents, their pending death, and voting. There was also mock indignation from legislators who were at a fundraiser in […]