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How to stay safe, vigilant this tornado season in the Faribault area
EMERGENCY ALERTS Everbridge is an emergency-alert system that notifies people within a specified area of various situations as they arise, like severe weather, crime sprees or even road closures. Visit
Depot Park hosts railroad meet and greet
Railroad enthusiasts turned the old Chicago Great Western Railroad depot building in Kenyon into a makeshift museum on Saturday. Depot Park hosted Mr. B’s Meet and Greet and Railroad History Day, the latest in a series of events organized by railroad historian Anthony Bianchi of Red Wing. Bianchi and other railroad enthusiasts came prepared with artifacts and plenty of knowledge to show off. Bianchi operates the YouTube channel Mr. B’s...
Farmington data center has residents concerned
The aging owners of the Fountain Valley Golf Course are looking to sell their 160-acre property and retire. But, the potential buyer has applied to rezone the residential land as mixed use commercial and industrial, in order to build a data center.
Northfield athletes sign up to play in college
The strength of the interscholastic athletic program at Northfield High School was on full display last week as the school celebrated 14 of its senior student-athletes who have committed to play college sports in 2024-25. The list includes four baseball players, five members of the NHS girls swim and dive team, two members of the softball team, one girls hockey player, one girls basketball player, one girls soccer player, one girls track and field athlete and one member of the boys lacrosse team. ...
Mosquito spraying begins May 21
Close your windows on Tuesday evening, or you might just feel some unpleasant irritation in your sinuses. That's because, on Tuesdays at dusk, Clarke will begin spraying the city for mosquitos and treating surface water for mosquito larvae starting May 21. The spraying will happen weekly at dusk as conditions allow, and are scheduled to end Sept. 10. If it rains, the company will wait until it's possible to move...
NHS Spring play filled with fun, farce and snappy dialogue
Coming to the Northfield High School this spring play is a perennial favorite time honored comedy that often veers into the lane of a screwball farce. The play, “Arsenic and Old Lace,” written by Joseph Kesselring in 1941 and adapted into a beloved movie three years later, opens at NHS on Thursday, May 9 and runs through Saturday, May 11. All three evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $9 for adults and $7 for seniors over 65 and students. ...
Northfield softball keeps winning, stretching streak to 5
The Northfield High School softball team continued its winning ways over the past week, as the Raiders stretched their current win streak to five games with a pair of Big 9 victories over Albert Lea and Red Wing. The week started on Tuesday, April 30 with a 15-7 victory for Northfield at Albert Lea and it was wrapped up with a 9-8 extra innings victory at home against Red Wing on Thursday, May 2. ...
Lakeville teachers, district reach tentative deal
LAKEVILLE, Minn. — Lakeville teachers have reached a tentative two-year agreement with the school district, which should avoid a strike.Education Minnesota Lakeville said it came to agreement on a fair contract with Lakeville Area Public Schools Monday night after a 12-hour mediation session."This contract could provide a lot of hope for the future, a lot of needed support for our families and could be what many Lakeville teachers needed to stay in the community we love," said Johannah Surma, the union's lead negotiator and an elementary school teacher in the district. Union members will review the deal on Wednesday. They'll vote on whether to approve the terms next Monday and Tuesday.A week ago, the union filed its intent to strike before rallying outside the district office.The union's big sticking points were salaries, class sizes and the district's ability to transfer teachers between classrooms and schools at will. Lakeville teachers have been working on an expired contract for more than 300 days.
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