Northfield Mayor Rhonda Pownell and consultant Bruce Jacobson discuss the Riverfront Enhancement Action Plan. Bruce Jacobson and Bob Close are consultants to the City help determine implementation of some of the recommendations from the plan. Listen to interview...
The City of Northfield and Rice County are welcoming community input on the Wall Street Road Improvements Project through February 17, 2023. This project is a reconstruction of Wall Street Road from Fourth Street to the eastern city limits. Wall Street Road input...
Community members are invited to an author talk with Northfield historian and award-winning author Jeff Sauve on his book, Murder at Minnesota Point on Thursday, February 23 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Northfield Public Library, 210 Washington Street. Author talk...
Chief Elliott talks with Jeff Johnson about the recent robbery of the Downtown Tobacco Store, 4th Quarter Police activity, and things he would like the state legislature to be thinking about in 2023. Listen to interview...
I am so grateful for how many of you over the years have remained engaged and actively participated in our community. You have made a significant impact through sharing your time, resources, perspectives, and skill sets. Community engagement...
Effective January 3, 2023, City Hall offices will operate under new hours of service. All City Hall offices will open at 7:30 a.m., extend hours until 6 p.m. each Tuesday, and close to the public on Friday afternoons. City Hall hours...
Natalie Draper of the Northfield Public Library talks about the many items on loan from the library, services offered, and a new program “Get to Know Northfield” that will be held on third Thursdays and begin in January. Listen to interview...
So, what’s with all those colorful tops and information stickers on the Bridge Square waste receptacles? It’s a city pilot project to increase the quality of downtown recycling and ultimately at home, work, and play. Recycling and composting...
The gravity of the climate emergency the world faces was highlighted by the latest report released by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report’s dire, consensus science-based predictions of extreme difficulty adapting to climate change Building energy efficiency and electrification...
The Northfield City Council is to be commended for being one of 16 Minnesota cities to pass a resolution declaring a climate emergency last month. They join over 2,000 jurisdictions internationally to have done so since 2016. Climate change matters...
