Ranting about the election

Ranting about the elections in Wisconsin and Minnesota, referendum questions and money in politics.

Getting Mt. La Crosse ready for ski season — and helping 4th graders hit the slopes

How much work goes into getting Mt. La Crosse ready for another ski season? General Manager Darcie Briedel and Ski Patrol member Keachen Abing stopped in studio to talk about the behind-the-scenes work of preparing the mountain for winter — plus a new youth program that will give kids the chance t…

Teaching elementary school during Halloween week isn't easy

What happens in an elementary school when Halloween rolls around? According to Southern Bluffs music teacher Jill Schams, there's a lot of planning around keeping kids focused — especially with a full moon, late-night Brewers games and trick-or-treating all happening in the same week. Hopped up o…

Mac Kiel on dueling city administrator proposals, ending Flock in La Crosse

Mac Kiel joins the show to preview the latest in La Crosse city government, including two competing proposals to create a city administrator — one from Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey and another from council members Aaron Newberry and Larry Sleznikow. The proposals take different approaches to wh…

Wisconsin politics, election security and the influence of billionaires

With voters headed to the polls in just days, there could be drama that comes afterward — but not from the election results. Citizen Action Wisconsin executive director Robert Kraig joins, and warns that the Trump administration could intervene in the midterm elections by targeting ballots after v…

From Braves to Brewers — Dan Kapanke on baseball in Milwaukee

La Crosse Loggers co-owner Dan Kapanke has been a Milwaukee baseball fan — since listening to the Braves on WKTY radio as a kid working on his family's farm. Now, with the Brewers on the brink of their first World Series championship, Kapanke looks back at the 1957 Braves title, the heartbreak of …

Zajkowski, Graham preview La Crosse YMCA Giving Day

The La Crosse Area Family YMCA is aiming to raise $375,000 during its fifth annual Y Giving Day, with donations supporting 13 projects focused on food access, mental health, cancer survivorship and youth programs. Becca Zajkowski, director of development, and Kathleen Graham, volunteer and donor e…

UW-L's Chergosky breaks down debates, plus threats against elected officials

UW-La Crosse political science professor Dr. Anthony Chergosky in studio breaking down the Wisconsin governor’s debate between David Crowley and Tom Tiffany and the 3rd U.S. House District debate between Rebecca Cooke and Derrick Van Orden.  Which candidates helped themselves, which had awkward mo…

Marijuana taxes, gas prices and rehashing the Brewers’ $500 million taxpayer deal

Wisconsin could bring in tens of millions of dollars a year from recreational marijuana, an issue dividing the two candidates for governor. Adam Hoffer, director of excise tax policy at the Tax Foundation, was in studio to discuss the potential state revenue, how Wisconsin's gas tax compares with …

William Garcia on Cooke-Van Orden debate, school funding and billionaire campaign cash

Derrick Van Orden and Rebecca Cooke finally debated. Did voters get the debate they deserved? It's the first one in the district for Van Orden since 2019. William Garcia, Democratic Party chair of Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District, stopped in studio to break down the matchup — from Van Orden…