The Northfield City Council invites persons interested in being appointed to fill a Council Member Ward 1 vacancy to submit an application to the city clerk no later than 11 a.m. on Friday, July 8, 2022. Council vacancy...
The Northfield fireworks will be held on Monday, July 4 starting at 10 p.m. at Northfield Middle School. Viewing areas near the fireworks include Northfield Middle School parking lot and south fields, Tyler Park, and the fields north of Jefferson Parkway. Fireworks...
The Northfield Police Department will be joining law enforcement statewide in July for extra speed patrols to stop this dangerous driving behavior. We are also participating in the Highways 14 and 19 Border-to-Border Speed Patrol on Friday, July 1. Speed patrols...
Northfield Mayor Rhonda Pownell provides information about funding assistance programs available for business owners in the area. Chau Truong, owner of Tin Tea, talks about her decision to start a business while still in college. Listen to interview...
Tuesday, August 2, 2022, will be celebrated throughout Northfield as the Night to Unite.
Northfield residents are encouraged to host a neighborhood gathering to meet one another and promote community safety. Night to Unite...
Suzie Nakasian is resigning from the Northfield City Council and reflects on the work of the council during her tenure. City Administrator Ben Martig discusses the process to fill Nakasian’s term and reviews the June 21 City Council meeting. Listen to interview...
Northfield Police Chief Mark Elliott talks about ‘Coffee with a Cop’ where people can visit with a Northfield officer over coffee and the new Rice County community-based coordinator who will help respond to non-police calls for people in crisis. Listen to interview...
Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig discusses the June 14 City Council work session. Topics include the Riverfront Enhancement Plan, Bridge Square concept plan, redevelopment project on Fifth and Water streets, comprehensive financial report. Listen to interview...
The Clean River Partners and the City of Northfield presented the winners of the 2022 Stormwater Pollution Poster Contest during the City Council meeting on June 7. Stormwater poster winners...
Seven weeks of Parks and Music kicks off on June 15. All concerts start at 6 p.m. Storytime and bookmobile start at 5:30 p.m. Seven weeks of Parks and Music...
On Memorial Day each year, we pause to remember the Americans who have died defending our country and freedom. Memorial Day was established in 1866 to honor union soldiers of the Civil War Honoring...
The Master Gardeners of Rice County will be coming to the Northfield Public Library the second Thursday of each month from May 19 through October 13, 2022 from 6 to 8 p.m. to answer gardening questions. Master gardeners...
Customers can help Xcel Energy get a jump on power restoration by reporting outages. Customers have a number of ways to report their outage. Power outage...
Do you have a genuine passion and commitment for our community; value public service and community involvement; enjoy learning and working in an environment with many diverse perspectives, have a balance of courage, fearlessness, and humility? Making a difference through public service...
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...
