Economic Development Authority approves Facade Grant Improvement Program

The Economic Development Authority (EDA) approved $20,000 per year for the next three years to pilot a Facade Improvement Program. This program is designed to encourage downtown building owners to reinvest in the exterior of their buildings to extend the ...

Contests are now open!

The City of Northfield is asking for community members to participate in our annual contests.   

Residents can participate by visiting the city’s web page and finding each contest form under the Government menu. The Mayor for a ...

City of Northfield seeks your response to new survey questions by using Polco

The City of Northfield is asking for the public to participate in the "Your Understanding of the 2020 census" survey (closing on February 27) by using Polco, a public engagement platform. Community members can review survey results on the Polco ...

Employees of Laura Baker win Human Rights Award

Employees of Laura Baker Services Association received the 2020 Human Rights award given out by the Northfield Human Rights Commission. The award was presented during the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. community celebration on January 20 at Emmaus Church....

City of Northfield seeks election judges for 2020 elections

The City of Northfield is seeking interested individuals to serve as election judges for the presidential nomination primary on March 3, 2020, the primary election on August 11, 2020 and the general election on November 3, 2020. Election judges administer...

2020 Living Treasure Award winner

The Arts and Culture Commission of the City of Northfield, in partnership with FiftyNorth, is pleased to announce the selection of Mac Gimse as the 2020 recipient of the City of Northfield’s Living Treasure Award. The Living Treasure Award annua...

Carleton and St. Olaf colleges present gifts to the City of Northfield on Giving Tuesday

Carleton College Chief Finance Officer Fred Rogers and St. Olaf College Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jan Hanson gave $80,000 respectively to Mayor Rhonda Pownell and City Administrator Ben Martig fittingly on Giving Tuesday.

Both colleges tra...

Burglary suspect

The Northfield Police Department is seeking assistance in identifying a suspect in a burglary that occurred at Ziggy’s gas station in the early morning hours on February 11, 2020. The suspect fled the crime scene after a burglary alarm sounded.&...

Ames Mill Dam inspection

Post Consumer Brands will be conducting a routine inspection of the Ames Mill dam and portions of the Malt-O-Meal building foundation. This work is scheduled to begin the week of February 17 and is intended to be completed by March 6 (weather permitting)....

Outdoor skating rinks are officially open

Outdoor skating rinks and warming houses officially open Friday, December 20. With sustained temperatures below freezing, public works crews have been busy flooding the rinks.

All skating rinks have lights except for the one beside the Northfield Ice Arena...

Spring Creek Road is now open

Construction on the Spring Creek Bridge Replacement Project has wrapped up for the season, and Spring Creek Road is now open for traffic. This project included the removal and replacement of the Spring Creek Bridge over Spring Creek (see graphic).

Construc...

When it rains, it pays to have a rain garden

Rain gardens are a great way to beautify your property and a great way to capture and clean up stormwater before it flows into the Cannon River. Staff from the Cannon River Watershed Partnership (CRWP) and City of Northfield are teaching a workshop on rai...

City of Northfield receives grant for local energy project

It is an energizing start to 2020 for City of Northfield who received a $3,000 Seed Grant from the Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) today.

“We’re very excited to learn about the grant award,” said Beth Kallestad, City of No...

Untangling what’s recyclable with holiday lights and wrapping paper

Be nice by recycling your holiday lights. Don’t be naughty by putting wrapping paper in your recycling.

Don’t know what to do with those old or non-working holiday lights? Are you making the switch to energy efficient LED holiday lights...