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The six 2022 Defeat of Jesse James Days Ambassador candidates have been busy this summer, volunteering at Ruth’s House of Hope and Feed My Starving Children, and distributing brochures to downtown businesses. They held a pancake breakfast and a spaghetti…

A team of three from the Twin Cities has found the horseshoe in the northeast corner of Heywood Park under a pine tree around 7:20 a.m. Sunday, reported Tim Freeland, who coordinates the Defeat of Jesse James Days Horseshoe Hunt.

This year's Defeat of Jesse James Days will be pretty much the same it has in years past, organizers say — and that’s something to celebrate.

Northfield Rotary will be back in the saddle and at full stride with its 2021 bike tour Saturday, Sept. 25. The Rotary bike tour has been a Northfield tradition for more than 25 years and a popular event for the…

The Community Action Center of Northfield held a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 2 for their Hillcrest Village housing development located at 1050 Hwy. 3.

Under the warm lat summer sun, the sounds of tractors old and new filled the Rice County Steam and Gas Engines Showgrounds, accompanied by the occasional steam engine whistle.

The EMS staff of Northfield Hospital + Clinics are getting a new uniform — after 25 years in the same style shirt.

The Northfield Housing and Redevelopment Authority on Tuesday approved the formation of a new fund to help combat the local housing crisis.

Only Rain Down the Drain

The Northfield School District kicked off the 2021-22 school year Monday for staff at Northfield Middle School.

Across much of Minnesota, by mid-August, drought impacts were ranked “extreme” to “severe.”

Minnesota Sen. Michelle Benson, R-Ham Lake, announced a run for the Republican nomination for governor Wednesday morning, but her announcement was upstaged by Sen. Paul Gazelka’s news that he is stepping down as Senate majority leader.

The 2021 Heywood Award winner is a Northfield man who has spent most of his life making the community safer.

In partnership with Rice County Public Health, the Northfield School district hosts a COVID-19 vaccination clinic from 3–6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7 in the Northfield High School upper cafeteria.

In today’s world, filled with numerous innovations and technology advances, Roger Janek says sometimes people have a tendency to forget about the way things used to be.

Rice County Habitat for Humanity will partner with several Lutheran churches later this month to follow Jesus Christ’s example in a more literal way than usual.

The 2022 Defeat of Jesse James Days Junior Ambassador Candidates have enjoyed spending time together this summer at many activities including bowling, popsicles in the park, selling DJJD buttons and learning important skills such as public speaking. Coronation for DJJD…

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Clean River Partners and the city of Northfield honored the winners of the 2021 Stormwater Pollution Poster Contest during the Aug. 17 City Council meeting.

While a state trooper issued one citation for doing 104 mph on the Rice County section of I-35, Lonsdale police clocked a driver in that city doing 96 mph during last month’s enforcement campaign.