Every Northern Spotlight Story From Every Issue

Issue 6: Combating Racism on the Range — How one group is working to making everyone feel a part of their community.

Issue 6: Combating Racism on the Range — How one group is working to making everyone feel a part of their community.

Issue 6: Introduction to The Arc Minnesota — Fighting for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Issue 6: Introduction to The Arc Minnesota — Fighting for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Issue 5: Bringing Vaccines to the Community — See how a mobile vaccine clinic is helping underserved communities get access to Covid vaccines.

Issue 5: Bringing Vaccines to the Community — See how a mobile vaccine clinic is helping underserved communities get access to Covid vaccines.

Issue 5: A Path Toward Healing — Learn about Resmaa Menakem, somatic abolitionism, and this new approach to anti-racism training.

Issue 5: A Path Toward Healing — Learn about Resmaa Menakem, somatic abolitionism, and this new approach to anti-racism training.

Issue 5: Persistence of Joy Part 3 — The final episode of this podcast exploring the fallout from one mother’s death from polio nearly 70 years ago.

Issue 5: Persistence of Joy Part 3 — The final episode of this podcast exploring the fallout from one mother’s death from polio nearly 70 years ago.

Issue 4: The Black Hart Survives — A queer soccer bar perseveres during the pandemic.

Issue 4: The Black Hart Survives — A queer soccer bar perseveres during the pandemic.

Issue 4: Two Days in D.C. — Perspectives from President Trump’s Inauguration and the Women’s March on Washington - January 20th and 21st, 2017.

Issue 4: Two Days in D.C. — Perspectives from President Trump’s Inauguration and the Women’s March on Washington - January 20th and 21st, 2017.

Issue 4: Food Rescue That's Community Driven — One non-profit is making a big impact helping small grocers and restaurants rescue their excess food.

Issue 4: Food Rescue That's Community Driven — One non-profit is making a big impact helping small grocers and restaurants rescue their excess food.

Issue 4: Behind The Blooms — A new podcast series sharing stories of failures and success in the landscape and farming industries from the rural Midwest.

Issue 4: Behind The Blooms — A new podcast series sharing stories of failures and success in the landscape and farming industries from the rural Midwest.

Issue 3: Persistence of Joy — Chapter 2 in this podcast about a family learning how a death from polio continues to impact their family over 60 years later.

Issue 3: Persistence of Joy — Chapter 2 in this podcast about a family learning how a death from polio continues to impact their family over 60 years later.

Issue 3: Expanding The College Experience — The Northfield Community College Collaborative works to remove barriers in the community college experience.

Issue 3: Expanding The College Experience — The Northfield Community College Collaborative works to remove barriers in the community college experience.

Issue 3: A Caregiver Looks For Closure — The second part in our series on caregiver Brianna navigating her role during a pandemic.

Issue 3: A Caregiver Looks For Closure — The second part in our series on caregiver Brianna navigating her role during a pandemic.

Issue 3: Muslim Sheroes of Minnesota — Three Muslim women get active in the electoral process in this new, work-in-progress documentary.

Issue 3: Muslim Sheroes of Minnesota — Three Muslim women get active in the electoral process in this new, work-in-progress documentary.

Issue 2: A Place To Grow — A mural that encompasses the thoughts, growth, and creativity of its Des Moines community.

Issue 2: A Place To Grow — A mural that encompasses the thoughts, growth, and creativity of its Des Moines community.

Issue 2: Taking Root - Making Space For Us All — Part one in a series about an artist collective promoting Indigenous people and culture.

Issue 2: Taking Root - Making Space For Us All — Part one in a series about an artist collective promoting Indigenous people and culture.

Issue 2: An Incubator Farm Reacts - Pt 1 & 2 — Big River Farms, an incubator farm north of the Twin Cities, is hit hard by COVID-19

Issue 2: An Incubator Farm Reacts - Pt 1 & 2 — Big River Farms, an incubator farm north of the Twin Cities, is hit hard by COVID-19

Issue 2: Small Town Food Shelf Reinvents Itself Overnight — COVID-19 forced Northfield’s food shelf to reinvent itself almost overnight.

Issue 2: Small Town Food Shelf Reinvents Itself Overnight — COVID-19 forced Northfield’s food shelf to reinvent itself almost overnight.

Issue 2: A Granddaughter Caregiving Through COVID-19 — How a granddaughter and grandmother adjust to caregiving during lockdown.

Issue 2: A Granddaughter Caregiving Through COVID-19 — How a granddaughter and grandmother adjust to caregiving during lockdown.

Issue 2: A Family Faces Their Past With Polio — A new podcast series about a family coming to terms with a polio-related death almost 70 years later.

Issue 2: A Family Faces Their Past With Polio — A new podcast series about a family coming to terms with a polio-related death almost 70 years later.

Issue 1: Gym on the Northside — What a small boxing gym means to the neighborhood kids.

Issue 1: Gym on the Northside — What a small boxing gym means to the neighborhood kids.

Issue 1: Mississippi Mushrooms — The city orders a successful mushroom farm to move.

Issue 1: Mississippi Mushrooms — The city orders a successful mushroom farm to move.

Issue 1: Muslim Sheroes of Minnesota - Nimo Omar — Activist Nimo Omar fights for the rights of all workers against a retail giant.

Issue 1: Muslim Sheroes of Minnesota - Nimo Omar — Activist Nimo Omar fights for the rights of all workers against a retail giant.

Issue 1: Papermaking for Art Therapy — See how papermaking can impact mental health.

Issue 1: Papermaking for Art Therapy — See how papermaking can impact mental health.

Issue 1: A Pay-What-You-Can Cafe — Chef Judah makes soup from scratch daily, giving it away for free.

Issue 1: A Pay-What-You-Can Cafe — Chef Judah makes soup from scratch daily, giving it away for free.