Shows
KYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, 2-18-26Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss last night's Housing Redevelopment Authority and City Council meetings, where topics included an emergency rental assistance partnership with the Community Action Center to aid families currently sheltering in place, the conversation surrounding the city's sustainability building code, and more.
2026-02-1823 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, 2-11-26Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss last night's City Council meeting and work session, where topics included the skate park moving forward, discussion around replacing bridges along Highway 3, a suggestion for a citizen advisory group around finances for the council, and more.
2026-02-1117 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, 1-21-26Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss last night's City Council meeting, including an official statement from the Mayor regarding immigration enforcement taking place locally and across the state, potential improvements to two parks in town, and more.
2026-01-2119 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsNorthfield City Administrator Ben Martig and Community Development Director Scott Wopata, 1-14-26Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig and new Community Development Director Scott Wopata discuss last night's City Council work session and Housing and Redevelopment Authority meeting.
2026-01-1427 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, 1-7-26Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss last night's City Council meeting, where topics included the winners of the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Poster contest, a potential grant application for the the Lincoln Parkway Walking and Biking Improvement Project, Council Member roles, continuing to try to diversify revenue, and more.
2026-01-0727 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsNorthfield City Administrator Ben Martig, 12-10-25With no City Council meeting last night, Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig gives a preview for next year, breaks down the three-year strategic plan that was passed last spring, and more.
2025-12-1024 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, 12-3-25Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss last night's final City Council meeting of the year, including the approval of the 2026 tax levy increase, budget, Capital Improvement Plan and Capital Equipment Plan.
2025-12-0315 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, 11-19-25Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss last week's incident involving ICE, and last night's city council meeting.
2025-11-1917 min
KYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsA Guide to the Northfield City Budget and Tax Levy 11/12/2025The Northfield City Council is set to approve a 9.9% Tax Levy at their December 2nd meeting, and in the next few days, property owners will begin receiving their tax estimates in the mail. To help explain all of this, KYMN News brings you a show meant to get into the details and explain the issue if you're new to it. The show is split into three segments: Part 1 - How a City Budget/Tax Levy WorksPart 2 - How this Budget Was MadePart 3 - Answers to Some of the Common QuestionsGuests on the program include Mayor Erica Z...
2025-11-121h 01KYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, 11-5-25Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss last night's city council meeting and work session, where topics included the appointment of Scott Wopata as Community Development Director, applying to grants for three different projects, the Capital Improvement Plan and Capital Equipment Plan, and more.
2025-11-0519 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, 10-22-25Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss last night's work session, where topics included the current strategic plan, revenue diversification, housing, and updates on the new budget.
2025-10-2218 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, 10-15-25Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig talk about the city's budget and the preliminary tax levy.
2025-10-1522 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, 10-8-25Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss last night's city council meeting, where topics included a petition to establish a Special Services District downtown, water utility rates, and more.
2025-10-0823 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, 9-24-25Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss last night’s City Council meeting, where topics included the tax levy, budget, and reformatting of boards and commissions.
2025-09-2415 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and Ben Martig on last night's city council work session, 9-17-25Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss last night's work session, where topics included next year's budget, tax levy, and utility funds.
2025-09-1717 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, 9-10-25Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig recap last night’s city council meeting where topics included water submeters, flooding in Northfield, composting as part of the upcoming new residential trash contract, and more.
2025-09-1019 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, 8-20-25Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig discuss last night’s city council meeting, where topics included upcoming improvements to Riverside Park and the city’s trash removal contract expiring this year.
2025-08-2017 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsBen Martig on the City Budget Proposals 8/13/2025Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig talks about last night's City Council Work Session, which reviewed the three budget proposals in depth.
2025-08-1319 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, 8-6-25Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss Monday’s packed City Council meeting, including the Northfield Police Chief’s quarterly report, Northfield being designated as an LGBTQIA+ sanctuary city, 2026 road construction, and more.
2025-08-0621 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, 7-23-25Northfield 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.
2025-07-2324 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsCity Administrator Ben Martig, 7-16-25 Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig discusses last night's work session, the beginnings of the 2026-27 budget planning, and more.
2025-07-1622 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and Ben Martig review June 17 City Council Meeting Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig talk about the June 17 City Council meeting.
2025-06-1824 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsCity Administrator Ben Martig discusses June 10 Northfield City Council Work Session Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig reviews the June 10 City Council work session during which the audit report and future construction projects were discussed.
2025-06-1120 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and Ben Martig discuss May 20 Northfield City Council Meeting/Work Session Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig talk about the May 20 City Council meeting and work session. Topics include delaying action on the Comprehensive Plan and approval of the Strategic Plan. The topic of the work session was discussion of road construction plans and bike lanes.
2025-05-2122 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsNorthfield City Administrator Ben Martig, 5-14-25 Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig talks about the May 13 City Council work session.
2025-05-1424 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and Ben Martig discuss May 6 Northfield City Council Meeting Northfield Mayor Ericka Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig talk about the May 6 City Council meeting. Topics include approval of the construction of a new Ice Arena, the Comp Plan, and Police Chief Jeff Schroepfer's Quarterly Report.
2025-05-0828 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsNorthfield City Administrator Ben Martig provides updates on several projects, 4-23-25 Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig provides updates on capital improvement projects, ice arena, water treatment, and more.
2025-04-2317 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and Ben Martig discuss April 15 Northfield City Council Meeting Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig review the April 15 City Council meeting. Topics include 1% for the Arts annual report, historic designation of Central Park, Spring Creek road project, amendment request from Mayor's Youth Council relating to rules of business, quiet zones for railroads, and more.
2025-04-1622 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and Ben Martig discuss Strategic Planning Retreat, 4-9-25 Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig talk about the City Council Strategic Planning Retreat held on Saturday, April 5. The Mayor, City Councilors and Senior City Staff engaged in a day-long retreat to set strategic priorities for the next three years.
2025-04-0920 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and Ben Martig review April 1 Northfield City Council meeting, 4-2-25 Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss the April 1 City Council meeting.
2025-04-0223 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsBen Martig discusses March 18 Northfield City Council Meeting, 3-19-25 Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig reviews the March 18 City Council meeting. Among the topics were the water treatment plant and use of federal funds.
2025-03-1918 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and Ben Martig discuss February 18 Northfield City Council meeting Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig review the February 18 City Council meeting. Topics include the proposed ice arena project and more.
2025-02-1922 min
KYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsDaily News 2/14/2025: Future of the Water Treatment Plant Uncertain: City Council Set To Vote On Plans At Future MeetingAfter an over two-hour-long debate, the Northfield City Council appeared again split on the issue of the Water Treatment Plant. After rejecting the initial construction bids in January, city staff returned with two alternative proposals with lower costs. Here the story hereBelow, find all the stories KYMN has done about the plant:KYMN News Story (1/21/2025): A Summary of the Water Treatment Plant Project: Northfield City Council Set To Approve Construction Bids TonightKYMN News Story (1/23/2025): A Recap of the Northfield City Council Rejection of Construction Contracts for the Water Treatment PlantKYMN Podcasts (1/23/2025): Northfield Mayor Erica...
2025-02-1407 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsNorthfield City Administrator Ben Martig 2/12/25City Administrator Martig discusses the Feb 11th City Council work session, where the Council talked about the final stages of the comprehensive planning process, and the state of the drinking water treatment plant project.
2025-02-1325 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and Ben Martig review Northfield City Council meeting, 2-5-25 Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss the February 4 City Council meeting.
2025-02-0519 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsBen Martig and Chief Jeff Schroepfer discuss DEI policies, citizenship and immigrations concerns, 1-29-25 Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig and Police Chief Jeff Schroepfer discuss DEI policies, citizenship and immigration concerns to help address community questions.
2025-01-2920 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsNorthfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and Ben Martig discuss City Council meeting and water treatment plant bids, 1-22-25 Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig, joined by KYMN News Director Logan Wells, discuss the January 21 City Council meeting. The primary topic is the bids for a water treatment plant project which were rejected by the Council.
2025-01-2221 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsNorthfield City Administrator Ben Martig discusses Leadership Presentation to City Council, 1-15-25 Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig talks about a leadership presentation made to the new City Council during a work session on January 14.
2025-01-1521 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsMayor Erica Zweifel and Ben Martig discuss Northfield City Council Meeting, 1-8-25 Newly-elected Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss the January 7 City Council meeting. Topics include bids for the Wall Street Road Project, Phase 2 of the Lincoln Parkway project, and more.
2025-01-0820 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsNorthfield Mayor Rhonda Pownell and Ben Martig discuss year-end City Council meeting, 12-4-24 Northfield Mayor Rhonda Pownell and City Administrator Ben Martig talk about the December 3 City Council meeting.
2024-12-0426 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsNorthfield Mayor Rhonda Pownell and Ben Martig discuss City Council meeting, 11-27-24 Northfield Mayor Rhonda Pownell and City Administrator Ben Martig talk about the November 26 City Council meeting. Topics include rezoning of the NW area for industrial/commercial use and the allowance of a data center to locate there.
2024-11-2720 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsNorthfield City Administrator Ben Martig discusses City Council work session, 11-20-24 Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig talks about the November 19 City Council work session. Topics include grant applications for flooding mitigation, cannabis-related ordinances, and more.
2024-11-2028 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsNorthfield Mayor Rhonda Pownell and City Administrator Ben Martig, 11-13-24 Northfield Mayor Rhonda Pownell and City Administrator Ben Martig talk about the public hearing related to tax abatement for Loon Liquors and review the November 12 City Council meeting. Topics include tax increment financing for the Archer complex, water treatment project, rezoning northwest area from ag to industrial.
2024-11-1326 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsNorthfield Mayor Rhonda Pownell and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss the October 15 City Council meeting Northfield Mayor Rhonda Pownell and City Administrator Ben Martig discuss the October 15 City Council meeting. Topics include proposed improvements to Sechler Park, cost agreement for ice arena, and more.
2024-10-1626 minKYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local NewsBen Martig discusses Northfield City Council Work Session, 10-9-24 Northfield City Administrator Ben Martig talks about the October 8 City Council Work Session. Topics include proposed zoning amendments, water treatment plant project.
2024-10-0922 min
Public Policy This WeekMunicipal governance with city administrators Tom Terry and Ben Martig 9/9/22Hosts Rich Larson and Bruce Morlan talk with City Administrator of Elko New Market, MN Tom Terry and Ben Martig, City Administrator of Northfield, MN about running local governments and the challenges cities face in 2022.
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