Robert Palmquist, CEO of Speechgear here in Northfield, has been in Vancouver for the Olympics the past two weeks, volunteering as a course worker for the women’s ski events and…
Category: <span>People</span>
While snowshoeing at the east end of the Cannon River Wilderness Area last weekend, I pointed out to my niece the approximate spot where Henry Fisk, the Rice County hermit, lived. Robbie and I happened upon his sparse living quarters when we first moved to Northfield in 1974 but I don’t remember if he was still living there.
Northfield News columnist Maggie Lee wrote several columns about Fisk (also spelled ‘Fiske’) back in 2006, and many people chimed in with letters-to-editor about him. (Do a search there on both spellings of his name.)
Anyone have memories of Henry? Anyone have a photo of him?
I hauled out my old tripod and a new monopod this morning to try to do a better job at capturing yet another spectacular hoar frost. I got much better…
I know that Griff usually has a corner on the fluff department, but I have two college-age daughters and occasionally I have to throw them a sop. They called my…
Northfielder Dick Heibel, world-renowned snow globe and music box repairman, was featured today in a Star Tribune video. It’s quite touching. In addition to the articles listed on his web…
Former Northfielder Nick Benson abandoned us for life in the big city a while ago. I’ve pretty much forgiven him. He’s become quite famous for his railroad-related photos. Here are…
As a bit of a fashion maven, I noticed that Bardwell Smith was wearing the same sweater at Just Food Co-op’s 5-year anniversary wingding last night that he wore for its grand opening in 2004.
I did a search of the photo archives at Carleton College and found a 1953 photo of him.
The issue of cookies seems to put a strain on my normally collaborative relationship with Gloria Powell, Museum Receptionist and Volunteer Coordinator at the Northfield Historical Society.
It was 45 degrees, raining, and windy when I took this handful of photos at 8:30am on Saturday at the Palmer Fossum tractor auction. (See related blog post here.) Without…