All the seats were filled as Mayor Rhonda Pownell delivered the annual address on Tuesday, March 21 at 6:30 p.m. at Carleton College’s Weitz Center for Creativity, Kracum Performance Hall, 320 Third Street. State of the City...
Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig and City Planner Mikayla Schmidt talk about various projects in the city planning department including the Riverfront Enhancement Plan, Bridge Square plans, and more Listen to interview...
Northfield Police Chief Mark Elliott discusses the grant funded Police-Assisted Recovery and Diversion Program that allows officers to help navigate people with substance abuse disorder into treatment and away from the justice system. Listen to interview...
On March 6, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture confirmed the first emerald ash borer infestation in Northfield. A local tree care business reported an ash tree in an area north of Oddfellows Park with bark cracks and woodpecker damage. Emerald ash borer...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation will start spring load restrictions in the SOUTHEAST and METRO SLL zones Friday, March 10, 2023 at 12:01 a.m. Spring load limit...
Community members are invited to a program on food waste and how it impacts the environment, the economy, and the community on Saturday, April 8 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Northfield Public Library, 210 Washington Street. Reducing food waste...
NPB Executive Director Sam Temple provides information about programs available coming up on the Northfield Public Broadcasting channel, including the Northfield State of the City address scheduled on Tuesday, March 21, 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Listen to KYMN radio interview...
Community members are invited to The Urgency of Awareness Workshop on Wednesday, April 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Carleton College, Weitz Center for Creativity, 320 Third Street. Awareness workshop...
Natalie Draper of the Northfield Public Library provides information about the many programs coming up at the Library this spring including an event with Poet Laureate Rob Hardy. Listen to interview...
Community members can stop by one of three Riverfront Development Open House events to share ideas about proposed private and public development projects including Bridge Square, the Archer Block and the 5th and Water Street projects. Parks, buildings, and much more...
This month, city staff, the council, and I are preparing for the State of the City presentation on March 21. In getting ready for this event, I’m taking a look at how the City has done in the past year, I wanted to share an overview. How is the city working for you...
All community members are invited to give feedback about how they travel to and around downtown by March 31. The City is conducting a survey to learn more about how and why residents, businesses and property owners travel to and from downtown and park. Traveling downtown...
Northfield’s poet laureate, Rob Hardy, with the Arts & Culture Commission and Northfield Public Library, invite local poets to contribute to a topographical poem by Friday, April 14. Topographical poem...
Northfield Police Chief Mark Elliott talks about the increasing number of thefts from cars, the benefits of having a school resource officer at Northfield Public Schools, legislation relating to support for PTSD in law enforcement officers, and more. Listen to interview...
So, what’s with all those colorful tops and information stickers on the Bridge Square waste receptacles? It’s a city pilot project to increase the quality of downtown recycling and ultimately at home, work, and play. Recycling and composting...
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...
