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07/23/2025

The local baseball teams are nearing the end of the regular season, with the Dundas Dukes at home tonight and the Northfield Knights at home on Friday.

By Logan Wells, News Director | [email protected] The Dundas Dukes and Northfield Knights facing off at their annual Memorial Day game. Pictures by Logan Wells/KYMN News The Northfield Knights have this evening off. The Dukes are at home this evening against the Metro Knigh

07/23/2025

Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig on

Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig go over last night's City Council meeting. Topics include road construction budget, moving the archery range, potential modifications to early voting, and more.

07/23/2025

Registration to host a Night To Unite party closes on Friday. Police Chief Jeff Schroepfer says that events like these help build connections and community.

By Logan Wells, News Director | [email protected] Friday is the deadline for neighborhoods to register to host a Night to Unite party. Set for August 5th, Night to Unite is an evening to gather with your neighbors, get to know each other, and promote community safety. Northfield Police Chief

07/23/2025

Heads up about the weather forecast for tomorrow evening

Scattered storms are possible across west-central and northern MN late tonight into tomorrow morning. These could produce isolated damaging wind and hail.

The main timeframe to pay close attention to will be Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning where multiple complexes of storms will move through the area. Heavy rain and damaging winds will be primary threats, but isolated hail and a tornado or two cannot be ruled out.

On top of the storm chances, our dangerous heat continues tomorrow with very humid conditions shifting into southeastern MN and western WI. You can find the latest forecast for your area at weather.gov/forecastpoints

07/23/2025

Ever wonder how the city government works? Tune tomorrow at 9am for this week's edition of Something I Have Always Wondered About, where we talk with Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel about the ins and outs of city government.

07/22/2025

Nearly 200 Model T's rolled into town today, as part of a tour of Southern Minnesota. While the tour was underway, the Defeat of Jesse James Days also held two bank raid reenactments during the day. Here are a few pictures from today's exciting events. A full photo gallery will be posted later this week.

Pictures by Logan Wells/KYMN News

07/22/2025

A team of students from Northfield High School represented Rice County at the 2025 Minnesota State Envirothon, held at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland, Minnesota. Competing against 22 teams from across the state, the Northfield team earned an impressive 7th-place finish.

By Maya Betti, KYMN News Intern The Northfield High School State Envirothon Team with their 2nd place trophy at the Area VII Envirothon. They competed at the State Envirothon on May 19th, finishing in 7th place. From left to right: Mia Slagel, Ellie Capatina, Allison Mathews, and Merri Kmoch. Not

07/22/2025

Tonight on Midnight Albums.

07/22/2025

Last week, in a report, Fire Chief Tom Nelson stated that the department's operations budget remains stable, but equipment costs have been rising rapidly.

By Logan Wells, News Director | [email protected] The Northfield City Council heard a report last week on the Northfield Area Fire & Rescue Services Budget. Fire Chief Tom Nelson stated that the department's operations budget has been well “dialed in” over the last several years and only

07/22/2025

Learn more about the Chamber of Commerce's mission and goal for promoting community events:

By Logan Wells, News Director | [email protected] A Northfield tradition is coming up this week on Thursday, Crazy Days. The day of business deals around town is one of the Northfield Chamber of Commerce’s regular events among a busy lineup of events each year, which includes items such as Wi

07/22/2025

The Model T is coming to town! The show is at the rodeo grounds until 1pm!

07/22/2025

Oliver Casillas from West Wind Tattoo on

Oliver Casillas, owner of West Wind Tattoo, discusses his career history and opening a new tattoo parlor in Northfield.