I became a mentor a year ago through the Connected Kids program, run by the Community Services Division of the Northfield Public Schools. I’m continuing with my same middle school…
Locally Grown (LoGro) Northfield Posts
I stopped by Cannon Valley Veterinary Clinic’s retail store yesterday to get a photo of staffer Leah Erickson holding up a poster and t-shirt for next Saturday’s Susan Perry…
I got treated last week to a surprise birthday party, orchestrated by my sweetie. She called on these people to help: L to R: Jeff Johnson, KYMN, emceed the…
Another example of how badly I get treated by local celebrities and members of Northfield’s cultural elite.
Tim Freeland has a post on the KYMN blog, asking listeners to take a 30-second survey: For the love of radio…we need your help. Please take a 30 second…
City staff and various business dignitaries were on hand for this morning’s groundbreaking ceremony of the new KFC with owners Kim and Gary Tiedeken of Faribault. It’s being built in…
Kari Eliason has a guest column in today’s Nfld News: Parents have questions about late starts. Allen Koch has a letter to the editor, too: Late start is affecting the…
I’ve been taking macro photos of the fall colors in the past couple of weeks, mainly in the Carleton Arb but also around the wetland NW of the Skoglund parking…
I wonder how Northfield’s public education leaders will react to President Obama’s $4.35 billion "Race to the Top" fund competition. So far, the NEA is not happy. Among other reasons, they really don’t like charter schools, a fact noted by the Sunday Washington Post editorial titled Charter Success: Poor children learn. Teachers unions are not pleased (reprinted in the Strib today with the watered-down title More proof that charter schools work). More background: (continued)