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U.S. Senator Tina Smith discusses a new report by the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office about the Administration’s trade payments to farmers harmed by trade turmoil.  The report reveals that the payments created deep regional inequities, favored certain crops over others, and funneled money to large agricultural operations over smaller farms.  

By Teri Knight, News Director Friday is the first day of absentee voting and there are a lot of questions out there.  Northfield City Clerk Deb Little is in charge of voting within the City. While Absentee voting is nothing new, Little said two-thirds of those who voted in the Primary voted absentee. That’s a

Dundas City Adminstrator Jenelle Teppen discusses the new City Hall, and recaps the September 14 City Council meeting.  Topics include the preliminary tax levy, street lighting projects, CARES funding, and more.

Northfield School Superintendent Dr. Matt Hillmann reports on the first day back to school and recaps the September 14 School Board meeting.

Today we revisit one of my favorite interviews with an a story so compelling you keep reading. I interviewed Sonia Purnell on her historical book… In 1942, as World War II was raging, the Gestapo sent out an urgent message: “She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her.”

By Teri Knight, News Director Northfield Councilors will be voting on the preliminary tax levy tomorrow night. Right now they are looking at an increase of 3.7, 5.7 or 7.7%. Two councilors are leaning toward the lowest, while two others are inclined to vote for the highest. The other three are interested in the 5.7%

Northfield City Clerk Deb Little discusses absentee voting and in-person early voting.  Early voting will begin on Friday, September 18, 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. at City Hall. Here’s a link to the City’s Elections and Voter Information pages on the City’s website: https://www.ci.northfield.mn.us/120/Elections-Voter-Information Absentee/Early voting direct page: https://www.ci.northfield.mn.us/121/Absentee-Voting Voters can go directly to the Secretary of

Repasamos los nuevos escándalos del gobierno. Recibimos la visita de Angelica Linder de la biblioteca que nos compartió los planes de eventos de la herencia hispana en el mes de septiembre, aunque tengan que se eventos virtuales. Música Lucy y Mar Lucy, Mar y Angelica

This week, the Super Saturday Sports Show makes their predictions for top games of week one of the NFL season, including Vikings vs Packers, and has a roundtable discussion with their thoughts on the NFC North as the season kicks-off. There will also be a weekly rundown of the Minnesota Twins action on the diamond.

By Teri Knight, News Director UPDATE 2:24pm A St. Paul man is jailed after fleeing a State Trooper on i-35 in Rice County. Just after 8 o’clock Thursday evening, a Trooper was dispatched to a hit and run accident southbound on I-35 in Rice County. At Mile marker 54, the trooper noticed a Volkswagen (VW)