The letters B.S. are a radio-safe way of describing unbelievable campaign rhetoric, but they also have a literal meaning—and today we’re going to get into a little Manure 101 with dairy farmer Hans Breitenmoser. It’s important to know when something that’s a valuable soil nutrient becomes a hazard. And Chad Holmes previews his show on […]

California banker Eric Hovde has finally responded to concerns about foreign deposits with a hearty, “So what?” Literally. We’ll play the audio and explain why it matters that Wisconsin might have (another) US Senator using his position for personal financial gain. Plus, Cherita Booker reviews some of the more popular UpNorthNews social media posts of […]

President Joe Biden’s visit to western Wisconsin last week included big news about a major investment in America’s rural electric cooperatives. We’ll talk to Julie Lassa, state director of USDA Rural Development for Wisconsin about more of the specific benefits coming to our state from the Biden-Harris initiatives for an improved electric grid, broadband, farm […]

Former President Donald Trump visited central Wisconsin over the weekend, where he engaged in a nearly two-hour stream-of-consciousness conversation with himself that covered all of his usual conspiracies and intentional lies. There was also a new reason to doubt his fitness for office, when he suggested putting Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson in charge of Wisconsin […]

Asked in New York on Thursday for a policy to solve the childcare crisis, former President Trump offered two minutes of gibberish with no coherent ideas to address the problem. But you’d never know that from reading mainstream media write-ups. Mark Jacob and others are branding that kind of reporting as “sanewashing,” and they say […]