Carleton Memo Shows 35 Staffers to Work in Downtown Space

Carleton has been a tenant at 200 Division St. since 2005. The building, formerly known as the Medical Arts Building, houses many businesses, including KYMN Radio and Get Fit 24/7.

A week after it was announced that Carleton College would purchase the 200 Division St. building in downtown Northfield, Patch has obtained a draft PDF showing who would move to the downtown space. According to a PDF shared with Carleton staff and faculty, the office space would accommodate 35 staff members of the college's Division of External Relations. The PDF, which is attached to this post, also maps out where the rest of the staffers would be located. Carleton has been a tenant at 200 Division St. since 2005 when the Science Education Resource Center relocated there. The building, formerly known as the Medical Arts Building, houses many businesses, including KYMN Radio and Get Fit 24/7. In an email to college employees, Carleton Vice…

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Corey Butler Jr.

6:30 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012

The building has 15 parking spaces. Does anyone think parking will be congested on that end of downtown with additional folks (and likely cars) down there?   more ›

Letter to the Editor

LTE: Support Abby Roberts, 16-Year-Old With Ulcerative Colitis

A fundraiser is scheduled for 2-6 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at The Grand Event Center.

To the editor: Hi, my name is Jennifer Gilomen, I am a close friend of Janice Roberts and her family. I am sending this letter out to you to share a story about the health struggles that Janice’s daughter Abby has been facing which has greatly impacted the whole Roberts family. Abby was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis when she was 10 years old. Since then Abby has had her colon, appendix & gall bladder removed. Abby had the colon rebuilt but it was unsuccessful. Abby is now living with constant debilitating pain that has required her to miss out on school and the life a normal 16-year-old girl is blessed to live. The Mayo hospital and clinic was not able to help Abby, and therefore have referred Abby to the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland…

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Northfield City Council Rewind

Northfield Council Approves Raises for City Employees, Moves Ahead on Safety Center Bonds and Domestic Partnership Registry

Here is a look back at Tuesday's Northfield City Council meeting.

Here's a look back at Tuesday's Northfield City Council meeting, courtesy of KYMN. The agenda and packet for the meeting are attached as PDFs. At Tuesday's meeting, council: Follow Northfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter

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Extra! Extra! Dakota County's Bygone Bylines

Extra! Extra!: Butter Sales Boom in Dakota County

Newspaper articles from 1930 show locals' support for dairy farmers.

Spring 1930: More than 80 years ago in Dakota County and the "Twin City Milk territory," the local economy was as much a focus as it is today. The staple of that economy, however, was a bit different.  Articles from April 1930 published in the Dakota County Tribune explain a movement to support local dairy farmers by buying real butter instead of butter substitutes. And it seemed to be working. April 4's "Use of Butter Increases Nearly 1000 Pounds Here" reported that the Farmington milk producers plant sold 922 more pounds of butter just one month over, with a 7,000-pound increase in the whole milk producing area. The paper reported on April 11 that butter substitute sales were down, and asserts that "Prosperity in this county is …

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Police: Man Offers Golf Cart for Murder of Ex's New Lover

Authorities say Jesse Allen Helgeson offered a used golf cart and an all-terrain vehicle to an undercover officer in exchange for murdering his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend.

A Kenyon man already charged with beating his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend in January with a flashlight has now been charged with trying to arrange for an acquaintance to kill the man in exchange for a used golf cart and his father’s all-terrain vehicle. Jesse Allen Helgeson, 26, is charged in Rice County with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, a felony with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Helgeson, who was arrested Monday in rural Northfield, remained in the Rice County Jail on Wednesday. Rice County Judge John T. Cajacob set Helgeson’s bail at $500,000 unsecured or $250,000 with conditions, including that he have no contact with his ex-girlfriend—the mother of his 2-year-old son—or the victim. According to the criminal …

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PHOTOS: Northfield Sidewalk Poetry Installation

The first two pieces of sidewalk poetry were imprinted in front of the Northfield Public Library on Wednesday morning.

The day has finally come. The first two pieces of sidewalk poetry were imprinted in the sidewalks (one on Third Street and another on Division Street) around the Northfield Public Library on Wednesday morning. They included a piece from Lily Hanlon, a Prairie Creek Community School student, and Anne Running Sovik. These are selections from the first sidewalk public poetry contest from last year, which was sponosred by the Arts & Culture Commission and the Friends and Foundation of the Northfield Public Library. More poems from the 2011 selections will be imprinted at a later date. Lily's poem: Do not be afraid  to let your mind wander Sovik's poem: The whistled tune travels along the sidewalk stepping up up up down up jaunty as the man who…

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Froggy Bottoms River Pub Sees Ownership Change

Rumors were swirling that Froggy Bottoms was closing, but owner Laurie Hoheisel said that's far from the truth.

Seven months after reopening, Froggy Bottoms River Pub has new ownership—kind of. The Froggy Ladies, who resurrected the pub after it closed following the 100-year flood in the fall of 2010, have split, according to Laurie Hoheisel, one half of the former duo. Hoheisel is now Froggy's sole proprietor, having bought out partner Shannon Mills. A deal that made Hoheisel the sole owner of Froggy Bottoms was completed on Friday. As rumor of the buyout made its way through Northfield the past few weeks, Hoheisel said there was a misconception that Froggy Bottoms was closing, which she said is far from the truth. “I have heard it from customers, people on the street and college students,” Hoheisel told Patch. But it’s just another chapter in the …

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Washington Post: Second Congressional District "Surprisingly Competitive"

The fate of the U.S. House of Representatives rests on a few battleground districts, including Minnesota's Second Congressional District, according to the Post.

Rep. John Kline's (R) race against Democratic challenger Mike Obermueller has caught the eye of the Washington Post. Minnesota's Second Congressional District may be "surprisingly competitive" this year, according to a May 11 article in the Post highlighting battleground districts across the country. Kline "drew the short straw" in redistricting, the Post said, and faces tighter re-election chances. The Post also cited the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's decision to provide support to Obermueller through its Red to Blue Emerging Races program as a factor. Kline, a five-term incumbent, has for years won re-election by double-digit margins in the congressional district. Follow Northfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook…

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