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It’s a dream for any musician: lights centered on a legendary stage, an audience filling the velvet seats in front of them, and the thrill of creating music in a pristine acoustic environment. The St. Olaf Orchestra lived that dream earlier this year at Carnegie Hall.

She was a pharmacist who became a class A contractor in Virginia and co-owned the United States’ first tiny-house construction company. Patricia Foreman, literally, wrote the book on tiny homes with her book, “A Tiny Home to call your own”. It’s packed with practical information on the do’s, don’ts and how-to’s of tiny home living.

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In their retirement, Emeritus Professor Mike Leming and his wife, Ann, have been integral to the creation of a center in Thailand that assists disabled adult artists and actors.

For more than a half century, St. Olaf students have taken advantage of the college’s renowned international and off-campus study programs. Living and studying abroad is fundamental to understanding other cultures and perspectives, and to becoming an educated citizen in a changing world. Each year, students document their experiences of exploration and self-discovery through the […]

In this First Person blog, writer Joshua Qualls '19 shares his experience in Hollywood as part of the Piper Center for Vocation and Career's L.A. Connections Program.

Thanks to owner demand and the success of the cooperative, Just Food Co-Op hopes to work with more retail space by late next year.

A conversation with Ole author Gretchen Anthony '93.

St. Olaf Magazine honors seven retiring professors whose decades of teaching, scholarship, and advising leaves a lasting legacy.

Minnesota turkey farmers may be getting a different kind of farmhand if Jack Kilian gets his way. The recent College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota graduate has designed Poultry Patrol, an autonomous robot designed to save…

The rich tradition of rendering Shakespeare plays on campus in the open air first occurred in 1924 with Elizabeth Walsingham Kelsey’s staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Independence Day fireworks July 4, 10 p.m. at Northfield Middle School; city offices closed                        Northfield, MN (June 28, 2019) ⎯  The Northfield fireworks display will be held on July 4 starting at 10 p.m. at Northfield Middle School. Viewing areas close to the fireworks

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Northfield restaurants Chapati Indian Restaurant and Tavern of Northfield are temporarily closed due to a kitchen fire Sunday at Chapati.

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Las visitas de los mayores de Mexico con visado de hasta una decada para visitar a sus familiares en Estados Unidos. Tuvimos el picnic en comunidad de la comision de derechos humanos y a pesar del calor tuvimos un gran evento. La venta de Carleton fue un exito, como siempre.

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The REAL NEWS you’ve been waiting for — the transcript of Rex Tillerson’s testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee:

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It’s a “you have to read it to believe it” litany o the many reasons why tRump is unfit.

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A legacy can be represented in a variety of ways.

Dave and Andy talk with Alphonso Le from “Urban Boatbuilders”, a non-profit youth development organization located in St. Paul.  The kids handcraft wooden boats in the workshop as part of a paid apprenticeship program and in classrooms through partnerships with schools, community organizations and camps.  Their mission is to empower youth to succeed in work

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Today’s random music picks:   Staple Singers – Slow Train The Snugs – Strugglin’ Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues Lack of Afro – Hello Baby The Faces – Stay With Me The Minor Planets – Before You Know It Jugtown Pirates – Easy Com, Easy Go Mick Jagger – Gotta Get a Grip

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Hare-brained idea

“We don’t want them to even consider this. I’m sure the people who fought for non-proliferation weren’t expecting them to dislocate people, in order to achieve that goal. It’s an honorable goal, but 50 houses? Bulldozed? Come on,” explained Applegate.

The Dodge County Wind project’s transmission, the grossly oversized 345kV line for a 170 MW transmission project, is in the news again (it’s been a long couple of weeks, and I’m catching up!). This is about the notion of running a 345kV line, needing a 150 foot easement, through town on an existing 69kV or 115 kV line easement. Through neighborhoods, taking out houses, yeah, right, great transmission planning. A simple look at google earth would reveal just how impossible this would be, the definition of “non-constructible.” I wish at that PUC meeting where it was proposed they would have pulled up google earth. There’s just no excuse for this.

This headline is awful though — it’s not about preparing for the worst, it’s about taking preventative action to assure it doesn’t go further:

Dodge Center residents prepare for the worst in power line dispute

“… prepare for the worst…” WHAT? This is a bizarre headline. KTTC, what are you thinking, it’s the opposite of the point, the mindset, the actions. The essence is preventative, check this quote — the point is to prevent it from being considered — once more with feeling:

“We don’t want them to even consider this. I’m sure the people who fought for non-proliferation weren’t expecting them to dislocate people, in order to achieve that goal. It’s an honorable goal, but 50 houses? Bulldozed? Come on,” explained Applegate.

This one, also KTTC, was from May:

Dodge Center residents feel taken advantage of with latest proposal

The release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement has been delayed, at this point, the DEIS is now due out at the end of July. That’s a good thing, that’s success, because that Draft Environmental Impact Statement should state in specifics why running a 345kV line through residential neighborhoods is a no-brainer. Just NO! This never should have been offered as an “alternative” in the first place. Shame on Commissioner Tuma for putting this out there, for pushing Commerce to put it in the Scoping Decision. He knew better, or should have known better, because he said he looked at it on Google Earth.

The Northfield Economic Development Authority was presented with a couple of options to spruce up the downtown district on Thursday, including a pilot facade restoration program and possible parklet implementation.