Rob Schanilec, head honcho at the By All Means Graphics empire on Bridge Square, alerted me to their not-quite-finished website for the NEG, The Northfield Entertainment Guide. I’m guessing that…
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The League of Women Voters of Northfield (‘serving the communities of Northfield and Cannon Falls, Minnesota and surrounding areas’) has revamped their website and weblog, joining the WordPress juggernaut here…
I spotted Adam Gurno’s Northfield.org post on this and thought I’d replicate it here point it out here — a 7-minute video documentary of The Northfield Union of Youth and…
There’s only one Beef ‘O’ Brady’s in Minnesota but they’re evidently big in the southeast US. And now they’re coming to Jasnoch Construction’s Heritage Square Retail Center between Jefferson Rd.…
Local freelancer Joy Riggs has a piece in the October issue of MN Monthly titled School Spirits: Why one local college keeps a file on paranormal activity. Kneser began recounting…
Downtown historic building owners and proprietors Norman Butler (Contented Cow, Chapati) and Dave Hvistendahl (Froggy Bottoms) were the guests on our show this week. The topic: building codes. Tracy Davis…
The Northfield City Hall tensions among Councilors Jon Denison, Kris Vohs, Mayor Lee Lansing, and City Administrator Al Roder hit the front page of the Northfield News today. Reporter Suzi…
In an article in today’s Northfield News on tensions at City hall: …Lansing is pressing for the council to discuss The Crossings [sic], a business and residential condominium project along…
The Carletonian published its first issue of the year on Friday and their lead article was Northfield’s heroin story, along with an accompanying interview of a former addict. (This first issue is not yet available via their online service but these photos I took of the paper are large enough to make the text readable. Click to enlarge.)
Left and center: Chief of Police’s heroin claims cause controversy; Right: A former Northfield High School heroin addict offers perspective.
Two other Northfielders have publicly weighed in on the heroin issue recently. Left: Dale Snesrud, former co-owner of the Olympus Athletic Club, wrote a letter to the Northfield News titled Holy discontent with heroin. Right: Craig Ellingboe, Pastor of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, preached a sermon title “Holy Discontent” on Aug. 26 that Dale references in his letter. Keep reading for the full text of their remarks.