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LIVE BLOG: 2012 Minnesota Caucuses
Northfield Patch
Feb 07Patch.com will cover caucus night live on this statewide live blog starting at about 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. »
Dale Chambers, 79
Northfield Patch Announcements
Feb 07Dale Chambers, 79, of Randolph, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Monday morning, Feb. 6, 2012. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Randolph. Interment with military honors will be in Lakeside ... »
Valleyview Residents Safe After Sunday Evening Fire
Northfield Patch
Feb 06The roughly 40 residents of Valleyview Assisted Living and Memory Care were spending the night elsewhere Sunday after a fire spread heavy smoke through the facility. Some of the residents were headed to Northfield Hospital, where they would sleep in av... »
Ethics Complaint Against Thompson Dismissed
Northfield Patch
Feb 01An ethics complaint filed last week against State Sen. Dave Thompson (R-District 36), of Lakeville, has been dismissed without investigation. The complaint, filed on Jan. 23 by DFL party Chairman Ken Martin, insinuated Thompson, by way of receiving $70... »
Applications Available for Greenvale Park Community Garden
Northfield Patch Announcements
Feb 01Greenvale Park Community Garden is now making applications available for the 2012 gardening season. Applications will be accepted beginning Feb. 6. Applications can be picked up at Greenvale Park Elementary School, Northfield Community Action Center an... »
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Panel of mayors to advise Dayton on LGA, tax reform | Political Agenda
MinnPost
Feb 02Mayors of 15 Minnesota cities will serve on an advisory board to Gov. Mark Dayton, looking at tax reform ideas involving Local Government Aid, and how to provide local services while keeping property taxes down. "The Legislature’s continuing cuts to LG... »
Why the Civil War was Fought
Northfield Historical Society
Jan 31Civil War enthusiast and amateur historian Jim Stark will discuss the origins of the American Civil War in his presentation, “Why the Civil War was Fought: The Antebellum Period,” Thursday, Feb. 16, at 6 p.m. at the newly renovated Northfield Historica... »
Another bicycling link
Betsey Buckheit
Jan 30I’ve been wondering about non-urban cycling. Sure, New York City, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Minneapolis can support great cycling culture and strong bicycle infrastructure – density makes a difference. But what about rural or, as in Northfield, small... »
Forum on energy savings with Al Franken
Betsey Buckheit
Jan 30On Friday, my Council colleague Erica Zweifel and I (along with a St Olaf student who’s been helping with local commercial PACE program development – more about this below) went up to the St. Paul (Falcon Heights, actually) campus of … Continue reading → »
Redistricting questions
Betsey Buckheit
Jan 29Don’t believe everything you read in the Northfield News, especially not headlines like Redistrict? Council wants to eliminate wards. The goal is balanced, accessible representation for the residents of Northfield. Dividing the city into geographic wa... »