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Dundas/Northfield find common ground for E. Cannon River Trail
There were at least 30 in the audience in Council Chambers last night as Northfield and Dundas Council met to discuss the E. Cannon River trail. Dundas Administrator John McCarthy remarked yesterday that Northfield has had 2 Mayors, 3 Administrators and an Interim and 3 City engineers since the project started (2009) and each of them have had different ideas and there may have been some misunderstanding as they went through the process. Mayor Switzer noted Dundas council wants the trail to happen and, because of that, they are willing to go up to $88,000 to pay for their portion. A cooperative agreement was offered to Dundas a couple of weeks ago by Northfield staff but details needed to be worked out. (more…)
AgBMP Loan Program Expansion Proposed to
Include Private Wells
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A new proposal to expand the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s AgBMP Loan Program would help rural landowners repair, replace or treat private wells that do not meet drinking water standards.
Police department involved in City investigation
After KYMN filed 2 data request forms, the City responded with redacted information regarding disbursements to Everett and Vanderwiel totaling over $30,000. From that information it appears the City started using the investigative services of the company in November 2015. One of the early charges lists a Union identified as LELS, that stands for Law Enforcement Labor Services, the police union. It was a nearly 6 hour meeting in December that included reviewing information from complainants, identifying discrete allegations and work on a plan for investigation. It then says, send information requests to City and to LELS. On January 11th of this year, there is a charge for reviewing communications from complaints regarding additional concerns; conference with HR Director Michelle Mahowald and contact with LELS to arrange and confirm follow-up meetings.
FRIENDS OF THE NORTHFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENT GIFT TO THE CITY
For Immediate Release
On April 19, 2016, Mayor Dana Graham proudly received a gift from Bill North, Treasurer, Friends of the Library, totaling $85,000. The Friends and Foundation of the Northfield Public Library is a non-profit, community-based organization since 1983 that support early literacy programs, recruits volunteers, provides support for equipment in the Library such as computers and eBook readers, and organizes special events including fundraising trivia bees, concerts, speakers and book readings. Mark your calendar for Saturday, May 7, 2016 to celebrate the reopening of the Northfield Public Library.
Bill North, Treasurer, representing Friends of the Library and City of Northfield Mayor Dana Graham.
For more information, contact Communications & Human Resources Manager Michelle Mahowald at 507-645-3012 or [email protected]
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City Hall 801 Washington Street Northfield, Minnesota 55057
507.645.3012 fax 507.645.3055 e-mail: [email protected]
“A tremendous increase in major behavior issues” prompts discussion on Behavior Interventionist at Nfld Schools
The Northfield School district is looking at hiring a behavior interventionist for each of the elementary schools. Superintendent Dr. Chris Richardson explains, “One of the key things we’ve seen of concern is just a tremendous increase in the last couple of years in terms of the number of really major behavior issues occurring even at our Elementary level”. Many of these are mental health related or their families are affected. Richardson said this person would also work with teachers to help them handle the child and how it affects the rest of the classroom. Richardson said, “we’re hearing from our Principals and staff that this is becoming a real issue and part of it is because of the loss of funding to the counties who used to provide significantly more mental health services for families but because of the loss of LGA (Local Government Aid) don’t have that capability any more”. Richardson’s entire interview is online at kymnradio.net.
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