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Northfield tennis opens team section tourney with 5-2 win over Rochester Century
The Northfield girls tennis team opened play in the Section 1AA Girls Tennis team tournament Tuesday with a home-court, 5-2 win over Rochester Century. Northfield girls tennis coach Beth LaCanne said that the Raiders had played and beaten Rochester Century earlier in the season, but they were playing with different pairings in their doubles teams this time around. Northfield swept the doubles matches against the Panthers, and won the matches...
Voters in region begin to cast ballots
Early and absentee voting has been underway in Minnesota for the last week, giving local voters the opportunity to be among the first in the nation to make their voices heard in this fall’s hotly contested midterm elections. Minnesota has one of the longest early voting periods in the nation, giving voters up to 46 days before the election to request an absentee ballot or vote in person at local voting centers. In Wisconsin and Iowa, voters have less than half as much time to...
Where do the candidates stand: 2nd Congressional District
Two candidates will be named on the ballot in the 2nd Congressional District election for 2022. Incumbent Angie Craig is running on the Democratic ticket. Tyler Kistner is running on the Republican ticket. Paula Overby, representing the Legal Marijuana Now party, died Oct. 5. With redrawn districts after the 2020 United States Census, the 2nd Congressional District has some changes. The new CD2 includes Le Sueur County and some additions...
Mexican food headlines new lunch cafe at FiftyNorth
Chef Maria Estrada knows her way around a kitchen after opening two food trucks, one mobile tent kitchen and five restaurants in Northfield since 2003. Now, she’s expanded her ubiquitous food and catering business to include Little Frida Café & Taco Shop inside FiftyNorth. When the doors opened to FiftyNorth members and the public alike on June 20, Estrada was ready with carefully crafted menus that alternate between Mexican specialties...
Northfield sweeps Albert Lea, stays undefeated in Big 9
The Northfield Raiders volleyball team remained undefeated in Big Nine Conference play Monday with a sweep of Albert Lea. The team had 38 kills and 50 digs while keeping the serve away from the Tigers for much of the match in winning, 25-10, 25-14, 25-12. Albert Lea gave its toughest push of the night when, in the third set, the teams combined for the longest volley, with diving digs on...
Raiders medal at Big Nine Conference tennis meet in Rochester
Northfield Raiders girls tennis competed at the Big 9 Conference Tournament Saturday in Rochester, paced by a second place finish in No. 1 doubles by seniors Gabbi Grant and Courtney Graff, a third place win at No. 4 singles by senior Lucy Boland and a third place finish at No. 3 doubles by juniors Grace LaCanne and Meha Hnatyszyn. Northfield girls tennis coach Beth LaCanne said the Raiders had 12 varsity players who started the day at four different outdoor sites Saturday in Rochester and...
Where do the candidates stand: 1st Congressional District
Four candidates will be named on the ballot in the 1st Congressional District election for 2022. Incumbent Brad Finstad (elected in a special election in August) is running on the Republican ticket. Jeff Ettinger is running on the Democratic ticket. Richard Reisdorf represents the Legal Marijuana Now party. Brian Abrahamson represents the Grassroots — Legalize Cannabis Now party. With redrawn districts after the 2020 United States Census, the 1st Congressional...
Rice County Public Health flu shot clinics open to the public
Rice County Public Health has scheduled the following public influenza vaccination clinics for adults throughout Rice County. Both quadrivalent and high dose flu vaccine will be available — registration for flu vaccine is onsite. Bring your health insurance card for registration and Public Health will bill insurance directly. Free quadrivalent flu vaccine will be available for those who are uninsured. Clinics with an asterisk () will have COVID-19 vaccine available also. Anyone interested in the COVID-19 vaccine should preregister at www.co.rice.mn.us/528/GET-VACCINATED-COVID-19. ...
Just Food Co-op mural painted by community
Northfield’s downtown landscape just got a bit brighter. On Sunday afternoon, members of the community turned their civic pride into a canvas as volunteer artists picked up paintbrushes and helped Just Food Co-Op add color and creativity to its northside outdoor wall. Just Foods general manger Matt Kappra said the idea for the mural had been percolating since the collaborative project was launched in January 2019. ...
Viking Terrace hosts community open house Sunday afternoon
On a beautifully mild early autumn afternoon, 30 members of the Northfield community sipped Mexican punch and nibbled Spanish cookies during an open house hosted by the Viking Terrace trailer park residents. For many Northfielders, Sunday’s open house was the first time they had visited the trailer park located on the north side of the city, off Highway 3 across the railroad tracks. Jorge Zuccolotto, president of the Viking Terrace...
Raiders comeback falls short at Huskies, 21-19
A 92-yard kickoff return by Raiders junior Jacob Geiger jumpstarted a 19-point comeback by the Northfield football team Friday at Owatonna that fell just short when they missed a two-point conversion to tie the game in the fourth quarter. Owatonna ran for three touchdowns in the first half before Northfield could get on the scoreboard. The Huskies got scoring runs of 17 yards from senior tight end Justin Gleason and 24 yards by senior tailback Conner Grems in the first quarter, and another score on...
Professional organizers open thrift boutique
A packed van and a customized license plate played a role in bringing a new charitable boutique to downtown Faribault. Professional organizers Kelsie Conant and Kristen Hirsch are selling the best of their clients’ unwanted items and plan to use the proceeds to support women’s shelters. The friends from Elko New Market run Peaceful Life Organizing Solutions, a small business helping declutter and organize homes and businesses. They had been...
Fashion designer turns dresses made from single use plastics into environmental statements
Growing up in Edina, Dina Fesler loved to stage pretend fashion shows for her Barbie dolls in her grandmother’s basement. Now, she’s doing the real thing. Fesler, now a Northfield area resident, presents her latest show at the FiftyNorth Gallery until mid-October. After a successful career as a fashion designer, the University of Minnesota design major has traded red carpet runways for the recycling bins, as she fashioned her latest...
ARTour showcases 35 area artists
As they placed their ceramic art into a raku kiln and waited for it to heat to 1,850 degrees, a trio of Faribault area artists did not know how their works would come out. “There’s a lot of unpredictability,” Dianne Lockerby said of the raku firing process. But it’s that unpredictability that makes the rewards all the better.” Lockerby hosted a raku firing outside her rural Faribault home Saturday morning...
Hundreds of volunteers clean up the Cannon and Straight rivers
Despite a cloudburst at the start of the event, over 200 volunteers took part in the annual Cannon River Watershed-Wide CleanUP on Sept. 17, picking up over 8,000 pounds of litter, garbage, abandoned pipes, and tires. “I continue to be inspired when I see people from all across the watershed and all walks of life come together to clean up our beloved lakes, river and streams at this annual event,” said Clean River Partners Executive Director Kristi Pursell. “Clean water is so important to everyone...
Board approves 9% maximum tax levy increase
The Rice County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a preliminary tax levy of $33.8 million — an increase of just shy of 9%. Commissioners raised concerns about the near-double-digit increase, describing the trend as, “unsustainable,” and calling on the state Legislature to do more to help. The county did not have estimates prepared for how this increase would impact the average Rice County homeowner. Homeowners will receive these estimations in the mail before the Truth in Taxation hearing in December. ...
DFLers and Republicans fire off the ads in southern Minnesota
With early voting now underway, local voters can expect a flurry of campaigning and a deluge of advertising over the next six weeks, as Minnesota DFLers and Republicans both see a path to clear victory in the state’s high-stakes, polarizing midterm elections. Voters this year will have the opportunity to choose the entire Minnesota Legislature, all statewide constitutional offices including the Governorship, and every seat in the U.S. House on the ballot, with the results set to dictate policy from taxes to public safety to...
Tiny homes now allowed in rural Rice County
Increased home prices, hundreds of job vacancies and a vacancy rate of less than 1% in most of Rice County has left officials seeking solutions. County staff hope to help ease the housing shortage by allowing tiny homes, which are already permitted in some city limits. The Rice County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance amendment on Tuesday allowing people to build and live in accessory dwelling units. Tiny houses are the most common type of these units. ...
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