State Representative David Bly, District 25B

What is Q-Comp? It is an interesting question and on one level, an excellent example of how laws and initiatives are made at State Government. I know it is often described by the metaphor of making sausage, a process most don’t want to watch. But in another way it is like those […]

I went from the infectious enthusiasm of students looking forward to school success and getting on with their futures to Bridgewater Town Hall to listen to leaders from local and county units of government discuss and try to find some common ground on the commercial industrial development proposed for I 35 and County Rd 1. […]

Jim Blaha introduced the Lewis Appledorn Award at the Healthy Community Initiative Luncheon with a tribute to Lewis describing him as a husband, father, grandfather, veteran, businessperson, boss, mentor, friend, and youth asset-builder. The latter being the purpose for the award and the preceding list the prescription of roles a person performs to become […]

This past week I visited with some long time education friends. Bill Zimniewicz, of River Heights Charter School, and the gang of four who started IALA.
Below, that’s Bill, Dan Daly of Liberty Charter, Wayne Jennings of Designs for Learning and Wally Campbell MAAP STARS founder and then there’s me who took the picture […]

StorytellersA mix of whimsy, humor and poignant meditation captured the audience at the “Real Lives Aloud” event presented by a group of Northfield storytellers lead by Paul Krause and Don Forsberg. Other storytellers were Bernadine Hughes, Mary Flaten, Carol Fridrickson, Victor Red Oak and Bill Gurnon. I enjoyed several of the Artswirl events […]

My first memories of Northfield are of coming to visit my grandmother who lived in the house I now live in on Lincoln Street. We would pass through town and over the bridge by the Ames Mill and the dam. Once at the home my brother and I would race back and forth […]

Dean Kjerland’s gallery is hosting the work of five artists, Dee and Tom Teller, Mary Ruth, Therese Harmsa and Dean is displaying framed Opal glass. I stopped by and visited briefly with Dee Teller a brush and collage artist who studied the Chinese art of painting horses in the traditional brush style. Many […]

Wednesdays have brought ‘Books and Stars’ music and storytelling to the parks around Northfield. I attended the event at the Oddfellow’s Park and took these photos of Dennis Warner singing and telling stories.
The next event is August 10th at Riverside Park and features Eric the Juggler. The last event will be […]

John H. Potter, executive director of the Phipps Center for the Arts, addressed an interested crowd of artists and community members at this year’s first ArtSwirl event. The Phipps Center is a 1,000 member art organization housed in a $7,000,000 facility in Hudson, Wisconsin. The Center serves residents of the St. Croix […]