I met with Minnesota historian Bruce White last week who will be using this photo of Northfield’s Bridge Square in the header (rotational banner photos) on his soon-to-be unveiled blogsite.…
Category: <span>Life</span>
Two years ago, right about this time (10 am or so), THE hailstorm hit. See my one year-anniversary blog post, as well as this one titled Northfield’s ‘06 hailstorm featured…
The leaves on the maple tree in front of the the Hero and Debner Law Office at 6th and Washington are starting to change. So basically, summer is shot to…
The September edition of Minnesota Monthly has an article about Northfield’s upcoming mayoral primary. Titled “Cows, Colleges and Consternation“, the article by Northfielder Joy Riggs summarizes recent political events, analyzes…
Please excuse me for abusing my bully pulpit here on LoGro, but I’d like to promote an out-of-town event with a highly local connection. Today’s Star Tribune included the review:…
Jessica Paxton has some reservations about the career counseling her son is getting from Carleton librarian Sam Demas.
Locally Grown co-host Tracy Davis is featured in the Just Curious column in the August issue (PDF, pages 33-36) of the Northfield Entertainment Guide. Here’s the excerpted column (3-page PDF)…
I stopped at a road construction site last week along Heritage Drive near my house and asked one of the workers if they were installing fiber optic cable. He said:…
Or more precisely, what were your forebearers doing before and after the U.S. Dakota War of 1862? As I blogged back in May, there’s a dark side to Minnesota’s…