On Tuesday night, the Northfield City Council approved the “Master Plan” for Riverside Lions Park. The plan is an overall view of a series of projects that will ultimately have several facets and will not be executed all at once.   City consultant Bruce Jacobson presented the final recommendations to the council. The plan calls for […]

Natalie Draper, Library Director at Northfield Public Library, provides information about upcoming events and activities at the library. There will be an eclipse viewing party on April 8, 1-2:15pm. Attendees will receive free eclipse glasses.

State Representative Kristi Pursell from District 58A provides her weekly legislative update.

This week, Rich and Danny mark the 56th anniversary of the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King with music related to the Civil Rights Movement, some vintage, some much more recent. One of the few editions of the Weekly List that we could call “important.” This is some pretty powerful music. It’s worth […]

Craig Swenson, Assistant Director/Fitness Manager, provides information about upcoming programs, activities and events at FiftyNorth.

The Northfield Housing and Redevelopment Authority will meet tonight, and a discussion about the exclusive Memo of Understanding with Northcountry Cooperative Foundation which is set to expire at the end of the month, is a key item on the meeting’s agenda.  NCF has been working with the City of Northfield on a proposed cooperatively owned […]

Rice County Sheriff Jesse Thomas provides an update on construction of the new Rice County Public Safety Center, road construction projects, recent scams, and more.

For the second consecutive meeting, the Northfield City Council was greeted last night by a full gallery of people asking – and some demanding – that the Council pass a resolution seeking a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.  Across the country, many local councils have passed such resolutions, and the group at the meeting last night would […]

Kelli Podracky, Executive Director of Northfield Union of Youth, talks about the mission, resources, programming and events at The Key.

Jennifer Tonko, Executive Director of Clean River Partners, and Corey China of the MN Humanities Center, discuss the upcoming workshop “Building Community Capacity for Environmental Justice Workshop” on April 20. The workshop is a learning experience that centers on inclusive approaches to community-based work. It brings the Minnesota Humanities Center’s “Increase Engagement Through Absent Narratives […]