After buying corn from the Grisim’s Sweet Corn stand for years, I finally lucked out yesterday afternoon: Glen and Cindy Grism were there for a photo op. “Spread the word,…
Author: <span>Griff Wigley</span>
As Robbie and I got out of our car in downtown’s west side parking lot last night, we heard music coming from both the Cow’s outdoor stage and the back…
Bloomberg Businessweek ran a special report a month ago titled What’s Your College Degree Worth? Less than you think. Exclusive new research suggests most students would be better off never…
It’s not often that someone beats me to a blog post after a community event. But it happened this week. At last Saturday’s Riverwalk Market Fair, I took the…
A team of realtors from Coldwell Banker South Metro has set up a hugging tent on Division St. to raise money for the Food Shelf at the Community Action Center…
The scene on Division St at 6:30 this morning was rather bleak. The radar doesn’t offer much encouragement, nor does Paul Douglas’ forecast. Should the Northfield Area Chamber of Commerce’s…
Way back in 2004-05 when I was still at NCO/Northfield.org, we encouraged local civic leaders (including members of the city council, school board and county board) to start blogging. I…
The “road closed” signs went up on Hwy 19 last night though the barricades were still off to the side. The truck drivers from Missy’s Trucking in Rochester were all…
It was just me and Ross this week, talking about all-things Northfield including goose poop, the upcoming council and school board elections (separate issues), and the opportunities afforded by the…