Northfield unveils new street banner design for downtown

The Northfield Downtown Development Corporation and the City of Northfield Arts and Culture Commission unveiled the winning design from their street banner competition. The new banners will be hung on lamp posts along Division Street and Water Street in d...

Court of Appeals rules in favor of Northfield on Waterford Orderly Annexation

In an unpublished decision issued this morning, the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed the Dakota County District Court’s ruling that the City’s unique orderly annexation agreement with Waterford Township that was at issue in the liti...

Community members are encouraged to sign up for email or text updates on city topics

Community members are encouraged to sign up for email and text updates from the City of Northfield on various topics through the city’s website www.ci.northfield.mn.us/notify. Subscribers can choose which topics they are interested in. Topics ra...

Paving crews add final layer to Washington Street starting June 26

Paving crews will begin placing the final layer of bituminous pavement on Washington Street from Woodley Street to Second Street starting Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Parking will not be allowed on the project corridor during the paving operations. The proje...

Northfield ranked one of the best cities to live in Minnesota

ChamberofCommerce.org just released a report ranking the best cities to live in Minnesota and they're happy to announce Northfield ranks #24. Their researchers analyze data covering employment, housing, education, health, and quality of life for over 2,50...

Northfield installs free, public Wi-Fi in downtown Bridge Square

The City of Northfield installed a Wi-Fi hotspot in Bridge Square enabling residents and visitors to the Square to connect to the free, public network.

Users can choose “Northfield_Guest” from their list of available Wi-Fi networks to a...

St. Dominic School and Prairie students win stormwater pollution poster design contest

Seventy-seven students from all five elementary schools in Northfield took part in the 2019 “Be the Solution to Stormwater Pollution” poster contest. This annual event gives second through fifth grade students the opportunity to learn how they can take ac...

Closure of Spring Creek Road

Spring Creek Road will be closed to thru traffic starting Tuesday May 7, 2019 as Stage 1 of the Spring Creek Road Reconstruction Project gets underway. Stage 1 includes Spring Creek Road

from Superior Drive to Huron Court.  During construction of ...

Sign up to receive emergency alerts through Everbridge

Through the Everbridge emergency alert program, you can get critical information quickly in a variety of situations, such as:

• severe weather
• unexpected road closures
• missing persons
• evacuations of buildings or neighborhoods

You will receive time-sensitive mess...

Compost Site

Monday - ClosedTuesday - Friday 2:00PM- 7:00PM (or sunset)Saturday 8:00AM - 5:00PM (or sunset)Sunday 12:00PM- 5:00PM (or sunset)Holidays - Closed* If sunset occurs before the closing time, the site will close due to darkness. The Compost Site does not hav...

Boat performing sediment sampling

Post Consumer Brands is having Barr Engineering Co. perform routine river sediment sampling from a boat within the Cannon River just upstream of the Ames Mill Dam in Northfield on August 21 and 22. You can expect to see a small boat and equipment in the r...

River wall repair

Repair work is set to begin on the Cannon River limestone river wall on Monday, August 19. The project includes the west river wall adjacent to 307 Water Street South, just north of the Third Street Bridge. The project includes cleaning, tuck-pointing, re...

Wastewater Treatment Plant release update

The City of Northfield has concluded its internal investigation into the Wastewater Treatment Plant discharge from July 22, 2019 in which a maximum of 5,500 gallons of wastewater was released into the Cannon River. The investigation revealed that the disc...

Divers to perform wall inspection

Post Holdings has scheduled divers from Midco Diving to inspect the Malt-O-Meal building foundation and dam bypass adjacent to the Ames Mill Dam in Northfield on Monday, August 5. The inspection is part of a routine maintenance project to repair portions ...

City of Northfield seeks input on roundabout project located at Highway 246 and Jefferson Parkway

The City of Northfield is asking the public to participate in short survey questions related to a roundabout project at Highway 246 and Jefferson Parkway set to begin in 2020 by using Polco, a public engagement platform. Survey results will be tabulated a...

Park playgrounds

The playground mulch is being replaced in these 6 parks throughout this summer:

1. Sibley Swale Park: completed
2. Washington Park: completed
3. Cherry Park: to begin July 31
4. Way Park: to begin in August
5. John North Park: to begin in August
6. Prairie Hills: to begin in Aug...

Wastewater treatment plant release

During the morning hours of July 22, 2019, a wastewater tank overflowed releasing a maximum of 5,500 gallons of wastewater into the Cannon River. There aren’t any public health concerns related to the release.

Equipment is in place to prevent the overflow....

New guidelines for drinking water; filtering recommended for infants

Based on new guidelines, the City of Northfield is recommending households with infants one year of age or younger to filter water for manganese before consumption.

The Minnesota Department of Health has set new guidance levels for manganese in drinking wa...

Two traffic control changes on Washington Street

With the near completion of the Washington Street Mill and Overlay project, a traffic control change has been implemented at two key intersections along the project corridor. The Washington Street and Fifth Street intersection, which previously operated a...