Northfielder Dick Heibel, world-renowned snow globe and music box repairman, was featured today in a Star Tribune video. It’s quite touching.
In addition to the articles listed on his web page, NPR’s Weekend Edition did a story on him back in 2003 titled Where Snow Globes Go When They’re Broken by Liane Hansen.





Thanks for all these links, Griff! Dick was a long-time businessman in Northfield (upholstery) and provided me with photos of the West Side business district as it was before highway 3 intruded, as seen in the 2009 Froggy Times. And Dick gave me a photo of his father Carl as a King—watch for it in January’s Entertainment Guide. Dick has an abiding love for the town he grew up in and is happy to share his knowledge of its history, even as he contributes happiness everywhere through his snow globe repairs.
Thanks for that, Susan. MPR posted this YouTube video of Dick Heibel yesterday: Repairing snow globes and broken hearts.
Wow, great! A “global” celebrity in our midst. Thanks, Griff!
Very cool. After viewing these video clips it makes me proud and honored to be living in the house that Mr. Heibel grew up in.
Do you also make snow globes? My grandson collects them, and I try to bring one back from all over the world. However, i can’t find one in Kathmandu, Nepal. If I find something from Kathmandu, can you put it in a globe for me.
[...] It’s July. Good time to have Dick Heibel fix your snow globes By Griff Wigley, on July 2, 2010, 7:33 am Most media empires in the US have published something about Northfielder Dick Heibel, world-renowned snow globe and music box repairman. I blogged the Strib video about him back in December. [...]