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Loon Liquor Distillery interested in buying former downtown News building
The Northfield City Council is contemplating the sale of the property at 115 5th Street W., better known as the former Northfield News building, to Loon Liquors. A public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 in the City Hall Council Chambers. After the public hearing, the City Council will deliberate to consider action on the sale. There will be a discussion at the work session on Tuesday,...
Northfield trap shoot team hopes to 'dominate' in 2024
In 10 seasons of competition, the Northfield High School trap shooting team has firmly established itself as one of the state’s top programs. With a roster of 92 student-athletes, Northfield ranks among the biggest in the state and the Raiders will be looking to build upon its first-place finish at the Minnesota High School Skeet State Tournament in 2024. Under the direction of fifth-year head coach Pete Mergens, Northfield will...
New year brings new menu, location for Whole Hog Barbecue in Northfield
Here’s the lowdown on Scotty’s Whole Hog Barbecue: the Northfield-based bbq operation has moved to the Lowdown, the basement space in Northfield’s Armory, smack in the middle of downtown. Local barbecue master Scott Barvir has made the commercial kitchen there his command center, from which he will serve his unique wood-fired whole hog slow-roasted meats and sides once per month. Since 2019, Barvir has been rotating his barbecue operation from...
Northfield boys track team aims to make big impact in lower class
Like many of the sport teams at Northfield High School, the Raiders’ boys track and field team will be moving to a new Minnesota State High School League classification in 2024. Northfield had previously competed at the Class AAA level and this year they will be moving to Class AA, which means meeting up with teams like Faribault, Red Wing and Stewartville at the section meet, instead of going up against larger schools like Lakeville South, Lakeville North and Farmington. ...
Portraits of 'Freedom Road Heroes' began with George Floyd's death
A few years ago, Northfield artist Mark Daehlin went into a dark period. He lacked inspiration, got lazy, and suffered several false starts to get his art back on track. He worried that his 40-year career as an artist was over after he quit doing commercial artwork. But, how would he pay the bills? “The only art I found rewarding to make at that time was work I’d been doing...
Northfield's Holleran picks up 2 awards at State Science and Engineering Fair
Ella Holleran, of Northfield, recently won the Ecolab’s Water Vision Award with a $700 prize at the recent Minnesota State Science and Engineering Fair. Holleran was recognized for her project that filtered microplastics in fresh waterways with easily obtainable supplies using iron ore tailings for filer housing. More than 350 middle and high school students from 58 schools across Minnesota competed in the 87th annual Minnesota State Science and Engineering...
Windy Willow Farm hosts third annual spring animal fair
On Friday, Windy Willow Farm opens its barn doors from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for children home on the last day of spring break to come pet and play with spring baby animals. Little hands petted baby lambs, kid goats, bunnies, ducklings and chicks. Inside the store, was an opportunity to make a free bird feeder or build a Furever Friend with 2U Entertainment, while moms and dads shopped for local and unique items.
Northfield winter sports athletes and coaches rack up the awards
The recently complete winter sports season was filled with many outstanding performances and success stories for Northfield High School athletics. Some of those highlights included: The Northfield boys hockey team (23-6-2, 14-1-0 Big 9) captured another Big 9 Conference championship along with a Section 1A title and a second consecutive trip to the MSHSL Class A tournament. Northfield ended its season with a number eight ranking in the final Class...
Vintage Band Festival weekend schedule released
The schedule for the bands and performance days and times for this summer’s Vintage Band Festival are set. This year, the VBF line up is an extended play version, meaning the music will begin Friday night and the last all day Saturday. On Friday, July 26, the festival kicks off at 5:30 p.m. and last through 10 p.m. Music continues Saturday, July 27 with a 9 a.m. start and continues non-stop until 10 p.m. ...
Storm spotters play crucial role in severe weather
A radar can only see so much. As National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen Warning Coordinator and Meteorologist Todd Krause explained, it takes reliable and alert storm spotters to know what’s really going on. Krause was speaking during a storm-spotter training for Rice County Skywarn Thursday night at Buckham West Library in Faribault. “We’re looking at...
Northfield police chief will retire in 6 months
Northfield Police Chief Mark Elliott told the city March 29 that he would be retiring six months from now. In a letter to City Administrator Ben Martig, Elliott said, "I am hereby informing you of my intent to retire effective Sept. 27, 2024. I would like to ensure a smooth transition, hence my giving notice six months in advance of my departure." He added, "I believe the Police Department is...
Subdued winter contributed to statewide rise in traffic fatalities, except in Rice County
Even with roads lacking regular coatings of ice and snow this unusually warm and snowless winter, traffic fatalities paradoxically increased across Minnesota roadways. As of March 25, 68 people had lost their lives on Minnesota roads, compared to just 43 at this time last year. The Department of Public Safety attributed the spike to drivers lulled into a sense of complacency by the lack of inclement weather. With the roads...
High school students tour Northfield businesses as part of workforce development
With the abundance of worker shortages at large and small local businesses, the need for offering high school students early and meaningful work experiences also seems to be growing. To address the need for offering teens more vocational training opportunities, a first-ever workforce development tour in Northfield took place last Wednesday. The Made in Northfield Workforce Development Tour was a collaborative effort by Northfield Chamber of Commerce, Workforce Development, Inc....
Northfield author returns to familiar ground with latest book 'Beyond Barron'
In short chapters accompanied by two dozen black and white photos, local author Daniel E. Van Tassel continues narrating the events of his life in a sequel of sorts. “Beyond Barron: A Memoir” combines humor and insight to record an indelibly stunning variety of lifetime experiences. Van Tassel, a St. Olaf College graduate, with advanced degrees in literature from the University of Iowa, moved to Northfield in 2013, wife his wife Rhoda and daughter Abigail, who now lives two houses away. ...
Northfield author returns to familiar ground with latest book 'Beyond Barron'
In short chapters accompanied by two dozen black and white photos, local author Daniel E. Van Tassel continues narrating the events of his life in a sequel of sorts. “Beyond Barron: A Memoir” combines humor and insight to record an indelibly stunning variety of lifetime experiences. Van Tassel, a St. Olaf College graduate, with advanced degrees in literature from the University of Iowa, moved to Northfield in 2013, wife his wife Rhoda and daughter Abigail, who now lives two houses away. ...
Northfield baseball aims for section title with returning top performers
The Northfield High School baseball team completed its 2023 season with an impressive 16-3 record in its final 19 games of the season. Included in this run were Section 1AAA tournament victories over Faribault, Stewartville and Winona before taking Byron to the limit with a 4-1 victory and a close 8-7 loss in the Section 1AAA championship game to finish the season. The Raiders, which completed their 2023 season with...
Northfield softball looks to seniors to lead the way in 2024
A solid nucleus of four seniors along with an infusion of talented varsity newcomers both look play a key role in the success of the Northfield High School softball team in 2024. “We are going to be young as we graduated six starters from last year,” NHS coach Josten Colman said. “We have a big group coming up from JV and they had success at that level going undefeated against some extremely tough competition. It is almost a whole new group for us coming up...
Wetterling mother slated for book talk in Northfield
If You Go Author Patty Wetterling and journalist Joy Baker discuss the memoir “Dear Jacob: A Mother’s Journey of Hope” at Content Books, 314 Division St., on Thursday, April 4th from 7 to 8:30 p.m. ASL interpretation will be provided at this event. 9eb677dd-3f6e-4ff3-9a2d-f1e9b2b47115 Hope was the only thing to cling to after a mother in small-town St. Joseph, Minnesota learned that her 11-year old son Jacob had disappeared. The...
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