Blog Category: Community Events

Notice of important Northfield City budget meeting

by Jane McWilliams
A special council meeting has been scheduled for Monday, August 23 at 7:00 p.m. to solicit public comments on the City’s 2011 budget. This is in advance of the City Council establishing the City’s preliminary 2011 property tax levy and well in advance of the formal public hearing held in early December.
The City [...]

Women’s Equality Day Community Celebration

Please see the Home page (lwvnorthfieldmn.org) to read about this Commemoration of the 90th U.S. Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote and the founding of the League of Women Voters.
It will take place on Thursday, August 26, from 6:00 to 7:30 in Bridge Square.

Candidate Forum TONIGHT!! (July 29, 2010)

The League of Women Voters is hosting a forum with candidates for Northfield city council tonight.  (See the Home page.)  You can attend,  at 7:00 p.m. in the Northfield City Council Chambers, or you can listen in on KYMN (http://kymnradio.net/2010/07/29/todays-news-update-local-primary-candidate-forum-tonight/)

Have You Considered Running for Public Office?

The filing period to run for Northfield City Council, and Rice County Commissioners begins next week on Tuesday May 18 and runs through Tuesday, June 1.   The Northfield League of Women Voters urges all interested residents to consider running for public office as a way to serve your community.
Here is [...]

Town Hall Meeting

State Sen. Kevin Dahle and Rep. David Bly will hold a legislative town hall meeting on Monday, March 29, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Northfield Public Library.
“All are invited to attend,” Dahle said. “Hearing the ideas and opinions of the people from our community is invaluable in helping us to better represent our [...]

Tour of the Safety Center

Kiffi Summa and Jane McWilliams have arranged a tour of the Safety Center on Monday, November 22, at 10:00 a.m. The Northfield City Council has put replacing the Safety Center into their five year Capital Improvement Plan. This is the first step toward planning in order to begin the project in 2011.
Randy Jennings has [...]

The State of Education

PUBLICITY RELEASE: On Thursday, March 26th, at 7:00, the League of Women Voters of Northfield & Cannon Falls will present “Northfield District Education Update: Where We Are; Where We Should Be” in room 106 of the Northfield Senior Center. The program will feature three members of the Northfield Board of Education and [...]

The Minnesota Health Act:

A Single-Payer Plan for All Minnesotans
Presentation by:
David Bly
Minnesota State Representative and Bill Co-sponsor
“We have one of the most expensive health care systems in the world and yet many people are just not able to receive the benefit of it."
Thursday, March 5th, at 7:30pm
St. Olaf College, Holland Hall 501

How would you ration health care?

submitted by Judith Stoutland, LWV member
Karen Gervais, Professor of Ethics at St Olaf College and Director, Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics, will lead a discussion on Thursday,  February 5th at 7:00 pm, at St. John’s Hall, 500 West Third Street, on the preliminary report for the Minnesota Pandemic Ethics Project.    Sponsored by the St. [...]

Health Care plan Rally

an email from Steve Janusz:

Hi All,
There will be a rally January 5th, 2009 from 11am to 1pm for the Minnesota
Health Plan at the St. Paul Capitol. This is a single payer bill that will
be introduced again in the 2009 legislative session. Attached is a flyer
for the event.
Get the word out to others [...]