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News Briefs: New Trier Township’s new housing program; New Trier’s biliteracy students; Moraine Township’s new assessor; Northfield’s new clinic
New Trier Township has partnered with the nonprofit Northwest Compass to provide housing and homeless services to those in need. The Shelter Access for Everyone, or SAFE, program uses a coordinated entry approach to help the home insecure access shelter, according to a release from New Trier Township. The pilot partnership for the 2024 fiscal […] The post News Briefs: New Trier Township’s new housing program; New Trier’s biliteracy students; Moraine Township’s new assessor; Northfield’s new clinic appeared first on The Record.
Northfield council to consider alternative options for police heart screening program
Northfield’s City Council has hit the pause button on a proposed contract with Sigma Tactical Wellness, following an analysis from the council’s resident physician which cast doubt on some of the company’s claims and the quality of its cardiovascular screening program. By a 5-1 vote, councilors voted to set aside the contract recommended for adoption by Police Chief Mark Elliott and instead pursue a cardiovascular screening and wellness program for officers in partnership with local healthcare institutions and other community resources. ...
Balancing Act: Northfield's Strategy to Meet Civic Needs with Limited Budgets
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Politico founder briefs Northfield Rotarians about upcoming election
John Harris, Politico’s global editor-in-chief and a Carleton College trustee, talked to Northfield Rotarians recently about the state of American politics today. Harris told the Rotarians that he views Donald Trump as a movement politician, who is capitalizing on American voters’ anger and resentment at the establishment. That anger, Harris said, was forged in cultural and ideological battles that began in the 1960s. From the likely voter data that he...
Purple Heart recipient lost a toe in Vietnam but came out 'a better person
A Vietnam war veteran and a lifetime area resident who currently lives in Waterville, Tony Ernste is the honorary grand marshal for this year’s Memorial Day ceremonies in Faribault. Ernste graduated from Bethlehem Academy in 1967 and worked in construction before joining the United States Army just shy of his 20th birthday in 1969. “A friend of mine was drafted in March and I checked and my number was up...
Military service provided travel and taught respect to grand marshal
A year after graduating from Faribault High School in 1953, Wayne Winjum joined the United States Army Reserves and then put in for active duty with hopes of using the GI Bill to pay for his college education. A lifetime area resident, Winjum’s military experience began with his basic training at Fort Leonard Wood near the Ozark in Missouri. “After eight weeks there, I went to Fort Sill, Oklahoma to...
Morristown joins Faribault in honoring veterans with street banners
Some veterans have declined to be on Hometown Heroes banners due to fears from past experiences with antiwar protestors following Vietnam. But local veterans working on programs honoring veterans in Faribault and now in Morristown said these sentiments have mostly…
Beumer announces Ward 2 Northfield City Council run
Northfield native Chad Beumer announced May 14 he will be running for the Ward 2 City Council seat in Northfield in the 2024 election. “I am by all accounts a ‘Townie,’” he said, “born and raised just outside of town. I graduated Northfield High School in 1991. Upon graduation, I left for Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego. “I spent the next four years on active duty for the...
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