In 2005, SpeechGear moved from downtown Northfield into the old Montessori school building on Hwy 19 (across from Malt-O-Meal) under the state’s Job Opportunity Building Zones (JOBZ) program, promising to…
Author: <span>Griff Wigley</span>
I wimped out when I got up at 5:30 and saw that it was 44 degrees with winds gusting to 25 mph, but Nonmotorized Transportation Task Force Chair Bill Ostrem…
A supermercado called La Eskina has replaced the Dundas Corner Mart on Hwy 3 just south of the Frandsen Bank. The signs say “Bakery, hot deli, meat market, fresh guacamole,…
Last week the Northfield City Council heard a presentation from staff and an attorney re: Piper Jaffray’s request to amend the tax increment financing (TIF) note for the Mendota Homes development called The Crossing. Some Councilors keyed in on the opportunity this might provide for site improvements and others expressed big picture concerns. I understood very little of it all so a conversation here might help. (continued)
This big banner in Ames Park is promoting this Saturday’s Car Care Fair at Econofoods. If your business need advertising signs then you can order online. Participating businesses are all…
I’m pretty sure heard one of the MPR meteorologists last week advising people to wait till after Mother’s Day to plant annuals and vegetables. If so, oops! There was patchy…
Last Wednesday evening, a thunderstorm passed just to our north. As the skies cleared in the west as the sun was going down, I snapped some photos of the yellow…