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Shattered by the Recession, He Rebounded with Community Support

November 26, 2009
By Katherine McDonald
Shattered by the Recession, He Rebounded with Community Support

BY KATE MACDONALD Dale Vangrevenhof There is a saying that you never truly know what you have until you lose it. What Dale Vangrevenhof had was a job. What he lost was much more. Read more on Shattered by the Recession, He Rebounded with Community Support…
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A New Teacher Takes a New Approach to “English as a Second Language” in Northfield

November 6, 2009
By Katherine McDonald

BY KATE MCDONALD Like many of the students he teaches, Ruben Alvarez knows what it’s like to move around. As the child of migrant workers Alvarez’s family moved back and forth from Texas to Minnesota, year after year, following the sugar beet crop. It wasn’t until he was in the 10th grade that Alvarez’s family settled...
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New ‘Safety Station’ Plans Unclear Amid Northfield Budget Woes

November 1, 2009
By Katherine McDonald

BY KATE MCDONALD Uncertainty is rising around how the Northfield City Council will vote later this month to pay for a new combined Police and Fire “Safety Station.” The assigned Mayor’s Task Force for the Safety Station concluded in late August that the proposed facility should be paid for with a property tax hike, but the...
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Parents Address Youth Drug Abuse with ‘Take it to the Box’

October 31, 2009
By Katherine McDonald

BY KATE MCDONALD A new program to reduce drug abuse among area young people is targeting not the youths themselves but rather their parents. Specifically the program takes aim at the sloppy way that many adults dispose of their extra prescription drugs, or leaves them around for children to pick up and start using. Read more on...
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Halfway House Plans Stir Concerns at Meeting

October 7, 2009
By Katherine McDonald

BY KATHERINE MCDONALD Emotions ran high during a Northfield community meeting on Sept. 28, at which neighborhood residents expressed concerns over plans to establish a halfway house in a residential area of Northfield. Read more on Halfway House Plans Stir Concerns at Meeting…
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