Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

Approaching the 2026 elections, conservatives are facing a fork in the road: go big or go home. Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley has decided to go home — and not face the prospect of being ousted by progressive Appeals Judge Chris Taylor next April. We’ll review her interesting statement. Vice President JD Vance, meanwhile, has decided to go big… on amplifying the GOP playbook on fe...

Hear some of the summer's highlights from the show as Pat enjoys a day off on this Labor Day. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic M...

Hear some of the summer's highlights from the show as Pat enjoys a day off on this Labor Day. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic M...

Hear some of the summer's highlights from the show as Pat enjoys a day off on this Labor Day. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic M...

We relive some of the greatest interviews and moments from the summer of 2025 while Pat gets an early start to the Labor Day weekend. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and a...

We relive some of the greatest interviews and moments from the summer of 2025 while Pat gets an early start to the Labor Day weekend. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and a...

We relive some of the greatest interviews and moments from the summer of 2025 while Pat gets an early start to the Labor Day weekend. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and a...

We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about today’s visit to La Crosse by Vice President JD Vance, another effort to spin the narrative on what’s in the Republicans’ package of massive cuts and record deficit spending that are being used to deliver lots of tax goodies to the very wealthy. Like his buddy, US Rep. Derrick Van Orden, expect lots of forceful denials, sarcasm, and namecalling, but we’ll help you k...

Congressman Derrick Van Orden frequently talks about growing up poor and eating “government cheese,” which only makes it easier to identify him as a ladder pusher: someone who was able to take advantage of policies that can help children and families climb out of poverty, only to push the ladder away before anyone else can benefit. We’ll talk to Kate Felton of Eau Claire about her new column at Th...

The new head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a woman with Wisconsin ties, is out of a job less than a month into her new role — and, predictably, it is setting off alarm bells through the country’s health and science communities. We’ll check the “progress” of a Health and Human Services secretary, a spreader of medical misinformation who seems hell-bent on steering the country o...

Wisconsin is the scene of a new lawsuit that is taking on a familiar new approach to the impacts of a changing climate: the harm to children. We’ll talk to Melissa Baldauff about these youth-centric lawsuits, the literal cry of the next generation wants their parents and grandparents to stop harming their future environment and health. Plus: Civic Media’s James Kelly reviews some of his news cover...

It would be enough for leaders from education, healthcare, labor, and local services to call attention to the damage being done by the Trump administration separately. Today in Eau Claire, they’ll do it together and we’ll talk to the national president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, about the ongoing work to educate the public about the ways children will be impacted by...

It’s the closest thing the United States will get to a royal wedding: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced plans to get married. We’ll discuss whether the veteran football player and the billionaire pop star can make time for wedding planning between his new NFL season and her new album release. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civ...

We’ll talk to Dan Shafer about the increasing popularity of cell phone bans in classrooms. We also look into various forms of hypocrisy in the Republican party. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To lear...

We’ll talk dairy farmer Hans Breitenmoser, Sheila Everhart of the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association, and Jean Bahn of the Farmview Event Barn about work they’d like to see the Legislature get done this fall to benefit the rural economy. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9...

Vice President JD Vance is coming to La Crosse today, reportedly to talk up the unpopular Trump megabill—but also with a nod to the vulnerable congressman whose caustic comments get in the way of any efforts by Derrick Van Orden and Vance to address concerns about tariffs, massive cuts, and tax breaks for the super-rich. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several...

How can you tell if someone’s considering a run for statewide office? It’s one thing to check their social media feed. But anyone can sound like a candidate from behind a keyboard. Check the odometer next. We’ll talk to Rep. Francesca Hong about her travels and her very public statements about where Wisconsin Democrats should be headed in the 2026 elections. We’ll visit with our Civic Media friend...

We’ll hear from AFT-Wisconsin president Jon Shelton about the qualities that voters should look for in Wisconsin’s next governor—for him and many other co-signers of a recent letter, there had better be a focus on union labor and workers in general. We’ll also talk to Jimmie Kaska about the first week of high school football, accompanied by high school football weather. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow...

Vice President JD Vance gives the US another black eye, botching a basic historical fact as part of his effort to help Russia hold onto land it seized from Ukraine. And in the category of “How Is This Still a Thing?”: The fake electors court cases are still going on, including a new development in Wisconsin. But what good is a justice system if it can’t quickly bring consequences for trying to ove...

Tomah Dr. Jill McMullen was recently featured in a video series by Pete Buttigieg, talking about the impact of Republican Medicaid cuts to rural health care in Wisconsin and nationwide. We’ll talk to her about the experience and whether her concerns are growing. And Mike Clemens gives us an update from Packers training camp and reviews how the Brewers emerged from their Wrigley Field gauntlet stil...

Despite the many negative headlines and ample reason to worry about the future of our democracy, Mark Jacob reminds us that there are still Americans willing to stand up for American values. In politics, in law, in media, in faith, he tells us who’s leading the way on defending our republic and how you can help. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations...

A court commissioner in Walworth County is out of job after insisting that due process be followed in immigration matters, no differently than in criminal matters. Without the ability for a judge to review a warrant, what’s to stop Big Government from expanding its efforts to kidnap people who don’t fit their racial profile? We’ll also ask Joe Zepecki about the map warfare going on in Texas and Ca...

Economic data shows that the Trump presidency is doing exactly what experts tried to warn us about. There’s a widening gap between the super rich and the rest of us. Trump’s trade war has weakened the US dollar. And consumers are paying the price, not other countries, as Trump had been claiming. We’ll discuss all of today’s news with Sean O’Malley, Joe Zepecki, and Chad Holmes. Mornings with Pat K...