We spend most of the second hour talking to Up North News executive editor Pat Kreitlow about what he is up to after the end of his radio show plus a number of political topics in the news including Minneapolis and more!

In the first hour we talk about a pair of area county board races that have no candidates on the ballot and why that is bad for our democracy. Plus, Christine Daniels of the Good News Project.

The Chad Holmes Show is part of Civic Media and can be heard from 8 to 9 am weekdays on 98.9 WXCO, wxco.fm, mobile devices by searching WXCO and on the Civic Media app. The 9 am to 10 am hour can be heard on the 98.9 WXCO YouTube channel and on the "Sports 2 Stream" of wxco.fm and Civic Media app.