Northfield Special Ed Director Cheryl Hall named Minnesota Special Education...
Cheryl Hall, the Director of Special Services for the Northfield Public School District, has been named the 2022 Special Education Administrator of the Year by the Minnesota Administrators for Special...
View ArticleCo-Sponsor Smith says bill will preserve six-day mail delivery in rural...
United States Senator Tina Smith is a co-sponsor of a bill that passed through the US Senate earlier this week, after also passing through the US House of Representatives, that ensures the United...
View ArticleLippert says drought relief is overdue support for farmers; NH+C seeing great...
On Thursday, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed a relief package that will offer help to certain ag producers and to the DNR in the wake of last summer’s historic drought. The bill provides...
View ArticleDraheim seeks money for school safety; Child touts United Way fund for...
State Senator Rich Draheim has introduced a bill into the senate that would funnel more money to school districts in the name of providing more school safety officers. Draheim said it has been...
View ArticleCouncil receives update on 1% for the Arts; Covid numbers within school...
One year ago, the Northfield City Council approved the 1% for the Arts Ordinance, codifying an already in place policy that stated for every capital expenditure made by the city, 1% of the budget...
View ArticleJensen to step in as interim Community Development Director; Hillmann...
On Tuesday night, the Northfield City Council approved Teresa Jensen as the Interim Community Development Director, she will step in for the departing Community Development Director Mitzi Baker....
View ArticleFossum discusses Prosecutorial Discretion; Help for Ukraine available at...
A bill in the Minnesota State Senate would require state prosecutors to notify the legislature every time they choose to not prosecute a felony case that has enough evidence to establish probable...
View ArticleState of the City address tonight; Elliott works to educate about overdoses
After two years of Covid necessitated virtual presentations, Mayor Rhonda Pownell will give the State of the City Address tonight in front of a live audience, and the Northfield Community is invited....
View ArticlePownell delivers ‘strong’ State of the City; Elliott watching legislature;...
Last night Mayor Rhonda Pownell delivered her annual State of the City address before a modest but appreciative audience at the Kracum Performance Hall in the Weitz Center for the Performing Arts on...
View ArticleCharges filed in death of Father Denny Dempsey; Mayor praises climate...
Dakota County Attorney Kathryn Keena announced yesterday that 26-year-old Trejean D. Curry of Minneapolis has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide in connection with the collision that killed...
View ArticleCity purchases properties for new municipal liquor store; LBSA seeking...
On Tuesday night the Northfield City Council approved purchase orders for two properties, one at 411 Water Street, which is being referred to as the Ameriprise building, and the other at 115 5th Street...
View ArticleNAFRS’ Nelson discusses changes in the department; Grabau discusses run for...
The Northfield Area Fire and Rescue Service is now under new management. After 36 years of highly respected work and leadership, former Chief Gerry Franek retired at the end of January and Tom Nelson...
View ArticleLippert supports state divestment from Russia; Malecha discusses possible...
Last week the state House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to end any business and investment relationships that Minnesota has with Russia in reaction to that country’s brutal invasion of the...
View ArticleDraheim sees gap between Republicans, Democrats; Lippert says surplus should...
Senator Rich Draheim said the Public Safety Package that is making its way through the state House of Representatives shows just how much space and difference there is between the Republicans and the...
View ArticlePeterson stepping down as Chamber President; Hillmann discusses district...
In a letter sent to the members of the Northfield Area Chamber of Commerce yesterday, Chamber President Lisa Peterson announced that she will be stepping down next month. Peterson has accepted the...
View ArticleTask force evaluating new plan for the high school; NPD wants more diverse...
Northfield Superintendent of Schools Dr. Matt Hillmann said the process is underway to create a new facility maintenance plan for Northfield High School. The school, which was built in 1966, with...
View ArticleSecond boosters to be made available; HCI will celebrate 30 years; KYMN adds...
Northfield Hospital + Clinics reported yesterday that they will soon be offering second booster shots in accordance with new FDA and CDC guidelines. This week the CDC said adults ages 50 and over and...
View ArticleLippert offers ‘Campus Sustainability’ bill; Library to host Spanish...
Last week the House Higher Education Committee heard a presentation on a bill to appropriate money to advance campus sustainability at the University of Minnesota Representative Todd Lippert is the...
View ArticleNHS’ Olson named new Faribault High School principal; Lippert says Bird Flu...
In a statement released by the Faribault School District yesterday, it was announced that Northfield High School Activities Director Joel Olson will become the new principal of Faribault High School on...
View ArticleCouncil accepts water study, new water treatment plant; Local legislators...
Last night the Northfield City Council accepted a study of the city’s drinking water that included a recommendation to build a new drinking water treatment plant in the southeast section of the city....
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