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Northfield Arts Guild welcomes new executive director
On Sept. 18, the Northfield Arts Guild welcomed Michael Johnson as its new executive director. A zealous visual artist himself, Johnson has a 12-year record of experience in education, community organization and the arts that he’ll bring to bear as leader of Northfield’s most enduring nonprofit community arts organization. Having most recently spent four years with the regionally scoped Arts Midwest as a program manager—a role in which he managed...
3 open houses on downtown and riverfront development
Community members are invited to any of the three City of Northfield sponsored open houses to learn about the downtown and riverfront redevelopment projects. Consultants Bob Close and Bruce Jacobson will give a brief presentation followed by a discussion about the variety of new projects and initiatives in downtown Northfield. City staff will also be in attendance. Open House #1, Wednesday, October 4, 6 to 8 p.m. at 50 North Meeting Room, 1651 Jefferson Parkway. ...
Artwork by Epic Enterprises participants showcased at Paradise
Artwork by 35 artists associated with Epic Enterprise in Dundas will be on display at the Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave. N in Faribault from September 25 – November 11. The exhibit in the K&M Gallery includes sculpted clay gnomes, watercolor landscapes, and several collaborative clay wind chimes. Over the years, Epic has developed arts programming, thanks in part to funding from the Minnesota State Arts Board. Creating art helps Epic participants engage with their world, communicate, have meaningful activity, experience a...
Northfield football can't keep up with Chaska
On a sweltering gridiron at Memorial Field, the Northfield High School football team was issued a tough 42-0 loss against non-conference opponent Chaska on Saturday, Sept. 30. The loss was Northfield’s second consecutive setback, and it moves the Raiders’ season record to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in Northstar-South Maroon Conference play this season. Northfield will return to league play next week, as it will travel to New Prague for a 7 p.m. game on Friday, Oct. 6. ...
Raiders stay cool, calm, collected to claim road win over Owatonna
If senior captain Manny Ramirez didn’t put the dagger in with a goal three minutes away from victory, then he certainly did with a hat trick goal coming with 44 seconds left, as the Raiders downed Big 9 rival Owatonna on the road in 5-1 fashion on Thursday night. Going into the Thursday night showdown, the Raiders and the Huskies were almost experiencing polar opposite seasons. Northfield has battled tough all season and was coming off a loss to Austin, while Owatonna was fighting for...
CDL Academy begins lessons at fairgrounds
By the Rice County Fairgrounds grandstand, two 18-wheelers filled the air with beeps and covered the dirt in tire tracks. The trucks were with Above and Beyond CDL Driving Academy. The truck-driving school is based out of Northfield and conducts the classroom portion of the program there. When it's time for students to get in the truck and practice what they've learned, the students and instructors are now working at the Rice County Fairgrounds. ...
Northfield couple charged with multiple tax crimes
The Minnesota Department of Revenue announced that the Dakota County Attorney’s Office recently charged Donavin Gene Prescott and Christa Lynn Prescott, both of Northfield, each with four felony counts of willfully failing to file individual income tax returns and four felony counts of failing to pay income tax. According to the complaints, the couple failed to file individual income tax returns and pay income tax for tax years 2019 through 2022. The complaints allege that they earned enough income through multiple rental properties, Mr. Prescott’s...
Arts Guild Members Show displays local talent
Membership has its privileges. That’s certainly true at the Northfield Arts Guild, where 45 members — all local artists — have works on display in the Guild’s main gallery at 304 Division St. through Oct. 7. “There’s a wide range of works, and it all came together so cohesively,” said Shelby Wilson, the Guild’s visual arts manager. “You’ll see everything from miniature sculptures created from ‘found’ material to multiple types...
Poets read works at the Northfield Depot in October
“Meet Me by the River” is the theme for Poets at the Depot, a poetry reading bonanza sponsored by the Cracked Walnut Festival and hosted by local poets Becky Boling and D.E. Green. Boling and Green, a married couple, are interim Co-Poets Laureate of Northfield while longtime poet laureate Rob Hardy travels abroad. “We were happy to step up,” said Green. “There are some great poets here in Northfield and...
Northfield council approves 11.5% preliminary tax levy increase
The Northfield City Council approved a preliminary levy increase of 11.5% with only one holdout. But there was also plenty concern about the potentially unsustainable direction of the city budget, with large increases to the levy projected over the next five years. Projections from City Administrator Ben Martig show that on top of the 17% levy increase approved last year and 11.5% increase this year, the levy could potentially increase by as much as 19% next year, if the council gives approval to several major...
NHS inducts 5 new members to its Athletic Hall of Fame
Northfield High School inducted five new members and the 1979 Raider girls basketball into its Athletic Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at the high school on Saturday, Sept. 23 as part of the 2023 homecoming activities. The ceremony honored the prep athletic careers of Kasey Wellman Felling, Frank Huebner, Cole Jirik, Todd Mathison and Marla Thomforde Neuger along with the members of the 1979 Northfield girls basketball team. ...
Young entrepreneurs start ice cream venture with optional CBD
It all began with the crank of an ice cream maker from the 1940s. Jamieson Lindquist and Kevin Korbel, who both live in rural Lonsdale, have come a long way since they originally tried making ice cream. Today, the pair are co-owners of Udder Buddies, a new business that sells vanilla and CBD-infused vanilla ice cream. “We wanted to do something that makes people happy,” Korbel said. “So I said...
Day of Caring proves 'many hands make light work'
More than two dozen action teams rolled up their sleeves and extended a helping hand to their neighbors Friday for the second annual Rice County Day of Caring. Day of Caring is organized by Rice County United Way and dispatched teams of volunteers to more than a dozen locations around Faribault and Northfield. Community members and employees of local businesses volunteer their time and help out local nonprofits and other...
Northfield plays hosts to UN International Day of Peace event
What do Rice County Habitat for Humanity, Rotary, Sharing Our Roots, Mayor’s Youth Council, and Rice Soil and Water Conservation have in common? They were all in Central Park last Thursday to celebrate the UN International Day of Peace. They joined over 35 organizations and 400 attendees to bring to life this year’s theme, Act Now, with music, dance, education, and opportunities to reflect on peace — from personal peace to local peace, peace for the environment, and peace between nations. ...
Northfield volleyball plays against state's best at Eagle Invite in Apple Valley
The Northfield High School volleyball team battled against three of the state’s top ranked teams this past week, as the Raiders finished their week with a trip to the elite Eagle Invite in Apple Valley on Sept. 22-23. Northfield (10-6, 4-0 Big 9), ranked No. 3 in the latest Class AAA state poll, opened play in the Eagle Invite on Friday, Sept. 22 with a 25-20, 25-14 win over Prior Lake. Addison Ertz led NHS with 10 kills and Hannah Koester added five kills. Teagan...
Northfield football comes up just short against Owatonna in Homecoming game
Before a packed homecoming crowd at Memorial Field in Northfield, the Owatonna High School football team (3-1, 2-0 conf.) scored on a 32-yard pass play from quarterback Jacob Ginskey to wide receiver Nolan Ginskey with 4:00 left in the fourth quarter that helped the Huskies score a 26-21 win at Northfield (2-2, 1-1 conf.) on Friday, Sept. 22. The play capped a see-saw battle between these two Northstar-South Maroon Conference rivals that saw the Raiders battle back from a 20-7 halftime deficit to take a...
Appeals Court hears arguments over dismissed Rice County elections case
The Minnesota Court of Appeals heard arguments this week over whether a lawsuit against Rice County’s elections director should have been dismissed. A three-judge panel heard statements and asked a few questions of the appealing attorney, the county’s attorney and an attorney for the intervening Secretary of State’s Office on Thursday in a convoluted case involving public records and the use of modems to transmit county election results to the state. ...
Teen pedestrian struck by teen driver outside Northfield Middle School
On Sept. 21 at 3:07 p.m., Northfield police officers, along with Northfield Hospital EMS and Northfield Area Fire and Rescue Services, responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash with injuries at the intersection of Highway 246 and Arbor Street. It was reported that a pedestrian, a 15-year-old girl, was struck by an SUV driven by a 16-year-old girl while crossing the street at the entrance to the middle school parking lot. ...
Clean River Partners staff strives for watershed resiliency, human engagement
When a visitor arrives at Clean River Partners’ Northfield office, situated near the banks of the flowing Cannon River it aims to protect, executive director Jennifer Tonko’s immediate post-greeting question hits innocuously and yet somehow exactly on point: “Would you like some water?” Handing guests a crystal-clear glass of the most basic thirst quencher perfectly, though subtly, illustrates CRP’s raison d’être. “Water is fundamental,” said Tonko, who has led CRP...
Dundas Oktoberfest debuts Saturday
Ein, zwei, zuppa! Food, drinks, music and fun will all be on tap during the first Oktoberfest in scenic downtown Dundas on Saturday, Sept. 23 from noon to 6:30 p.m. The festival is the brainchild of local sponsors Chapel Brewing, Keepsake Cidery, Little Prairie United Methodist Church and Farmstead Outdoor Adventures. “The people at the table who are bringing this together are Chapel Brewing, Keepsake Cidery, Little Prairie Church, Farmstead...
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