Doug McGill, visiting instructor in English at Carleton, invited me and Northfield Citizens Online/Northfield.org board member Doug Bratland to his Truth vs. Power: A Journey in Journalism class this week…
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Bert Sperling has been generating “best places” lists for some time now. His lists are deemed more accurate and credible than many, owing to the proprietary algorithms he uses in…
Saint Olaf College administrators have decided to stop donating the institution’s money to Northfield non-profits. “It’s ethically troubling in hard economic times, with rising costs of higher education, to take…
As a logical followup to my earlier post on the “Eat Local” challenge, I was reading a report of the Slow Food Nation conference in San Francisco earlier this month.…
I see some confusion on the Northfield Public Schools’ website regarding policies on cell phone use. The Parent FAQ page says cell phone use is permissible between classes and at…
Last fall, Northfield Union of Youth Executive Director Josh Hinnenkamp posted a comment here on Locally Grown about youth drug use and it included these two paragraphs: How can adults…
In yesterday’s Strib: Workers, employers welcome 4-day week. Public employers are at the forefront. In Minnesota, cities from Albertville to Zimmerman, counties and schools are making the switch or considering…
There are eight candidates for four seats on the Board of Education for the Northfield Public Schools, ISD 659. The candidates and the (known) links to their web sites/blogs: Kevin…