Breaking their oath to uphold the Constitution, they cannot be trusted to serve all of us if their loyalty is to mob rule.
From the Editor—Thanks for Making Our First Year a Success
UpNorthNews launched one year ago to highlight Wisconsin people, places, issues, and all the things that make our state worth caring for.
Sore Losers: Trump Is Trying to Burn Down the House—His Wisconsin Enablers Need to Stop Handing Him Matches
Managing Editor Pat Kreitlow on how Wisconsin’s infamous ‘lame duck’ session demonstrates the damage that can be done by disgruntled workers who’ve been fired.
Vos to State: ‘Drop Dead’
Managing Editor Pat Kreitlow says the difference between this headline and the 1975 Gerald Ford classic is literally a matter of life or death.
Beyond Politics: What Trump’s COVID-19 Diagnosis Means to Wisconsin
If even a president can catch the coronavirus, will some people change the behaviors responsible for a spike in cases and deaths?
A New, Old-School Way to Tell Us What’s On Your Mind
New option lets you answer our online questions by phone instead of a Facebook post or email.
I Survived the Smoking Ban Debate. The Debate Over Masks Is Just as Ridiculous.
Ten years later bars and restaurants are still with us. Opposing COVID-19 safeguards is a more certain path toward going out of business.
Statues Can Be Replaced. Lives Cannot.
Our comfort level should be challenged if real change is to occur.
Support the Packers. All the Packers.
For more than a century, meatpackers have been taken for granted as ‘not regular folks.’ That should change.
From the Editor: Not Voting Often Is Wrong. Making Voting Dangerous Is Worse.
Patience and science have to take precedence over partisan concerns and a need to golf