Thursday’s Table serves supper and support to Northfield families in need
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Apron? Check. Nametag? Check. Plastic gloves … where are they?
A staff person pointed back in the kitchen next to the tray of grilled cheese.
From Cannon Falls to Iraq, kids write of family and fears
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“My name is Kati,” the letter begins. Continue Reading
New teacher, new approach to English as a second language
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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 down for good, and Minnesota became his permanent home.
Pharmacist sees tough trade-offs during tough times
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During the economic downturn of the past year, people have had to make sacrifices, at times compromising their own health care for bare necessities like food, daycare or adequate clothing.
If anyone has a front row seat on the battle between proper health care and just making ends meets, it’s the people on the sales side of the pharmacy counter.
Bilek ponders the future of books—and his bookshop
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In the age of Amazon and Barnes and Noble, Jerry Bilek is one of a dying breed of independent booksellers. He is the owner of Monkey See, Monkey Read, an independent new and used bookstore in downtown Northfield.
Sen. Marty favors ‘Minnesota Health Plan’ to cut costs, broaden coverage
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Last Thursday night at the Northfield Community Resource Center, DFL state Continue Reading
Pressville
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Pressville is a journalism web site covering stories about Northfield and Rice County, Minnesota, created by students at Carleton College.
The world’s poor are careful money managers
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It’s easy to make assumptions about poverty, Jonathan Morduch told the audience at Skinner Memorial Chapel during Carleton College’s convocation last Friday.
Minnesota health care track “unsustainable”
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“A six year-old girl enters the hospital with fatigue and a severe headache. Her white blood cell count is above 700,000, a clear sign of leukemia. Without immediate action, she would be dead within a week.”
Taking on town-gown relations in Northfield
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Fifteen years ago, as a first grader in Northfield, Annie Eckoff used to fight with her best friend over whether Continue Reading