Taxpayers in Green Bay will get better transparency on their property tax bills about school costs—specifically how much money is skimmed off the top of what’s supposed to go to public schools and is diverted to private schools through an expensive voucher program. We’ll also ask state Rep. Amaad Rivera-Wagner of Green Bay to talk about the anticipation ahead of tomorrow’s NFL Draft at Lambeau Field.

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow 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 Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up.

Along with the rest of the morning’s headlines, we’ll have a little fun remembering the early days of the internet—when the information superhighway was more like a gravel road by comparison. At the time, Alta Vista, Ask Jeeves, and CompuServe were superstars for early users. How many others do you remember?

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow 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 Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up.

Tenzin and Stacy Botsford are farmers in Marathon County who’ve done everything right— growing a variety of vegetables and fruits that can be found at farmers markets, local restaurants, schools, and food pantries. But the Trump-Musk budget axe is coming down on the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, which buys food from local farms, like the Botsfords’ Red Door Family Farm, and distributes to those pantries and schools. We’ll get into the many ways this is a bad plan. We’ll also update the state budget negotiations going on between Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the Republicans who control the Legislature. The GOP seems content to again sit on and squander a multi-billion dollar surplus if they don’t get a tax cut plan they like—while Evers has proposed nearly $2 billion in tax relief in his version of a new budget.

UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-8 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 Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!

We’ll examine how President Trump is defending Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, despite the discovery of a second text chain leaking classified information, while slamming the independent Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell for truthfully noting how the president’s tariffs are causing global economic instability. We’ll also ask, where’s the outrage from the “law and order” crowd who said they need to have lots of guns to guard against a government that can engage in unconstitutional tyranny—such as kidnapping people off the streets and denying them due process. Also: Cherita Booker has a review of our most popular social media posts of the past week.

UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-8 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 Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!

This week includes National Independent Bookstore Day, so we’ve asked author Laura Bird to join us and discuss what makes them important—not just for the local economy but for diversity in reading opportunities and providing community spaces to celebrate literature.

UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-8 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 Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!

Pope Francis died Monday morning, after more than a decade of leading the Roman Catholic church toward a rediscovery of its roots of inclusion and mercy. Already the debate has begun over whether the next pontiff will be equally public in the church’s need to care for the poor and downtrodden or if it will ratchet up its doctrinaire pursuit of cultural adherence. Like it or not, the public’s politics-dominated discourse will look toward the papal conclave with all the trappings of a partisan convention and the recent movie about the jockeying among the church’s cardinals.

UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-8 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 Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!

Each day brings its own challenges during this presidential administration, but the headlines today alone threaten to be overwhelming—with Trump cuts affecting public health, consumer protection, and the health of the oceans. We’ll go through it all with our Week In Review panel.

UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-8 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 Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!

Fake elector Robert Spindell is somehow still a member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. On Thursday, his latest spewing of conspiracy theories about voting in Milwaukee led to a shouting match at a commission meeting. We’ll also review the latest on the Maryland resident abducted illegally by the Trump administration and sent to a concentration camp in El Salvador.

UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-8 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 Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!

This has been a week of declarations in Wisconsin. There are now multiple candidates running for Congress in the 3rd Congressional District. We’ll talk to Emily Berge of Eau Claire about her decision to become the second Democrat to enter the 2026 race. There are also multiple candidates running to become the next chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Might our regular Thursday guest, political strategist Joe Zepecki, throw his hat in the ring as well? We’ll ask him live.

UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-8 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 Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!