Oktoberfest in Dundas is taking place on Saturday, starting at 12pm and going until 6pm. The celebration is in its Third Annual year, and while it continues to grow with new items this year, there are still all the favorites from the last few years. Caitlyn Ottis is one of the organizers of Oktoberfest:
“So a lot of the old reliable that you’re used to from the last couple of years, as far as the vendors, the German music. We’ve got food from Little Prairie Church and Ruth’s on Stafford. And then we’ve got some new vendors in as well, some new food items, and some new craft vendors and family activities.” – Caitlyn Ottis, Event Organizer of Dundas Oktoberfest on KYMN In The Morning
Several Dundas businesses and organizations are providing food for the event and including:
Drinks will also be available from the local makers, including Chapel Brewing, Keepsake Cidery, and Wayward Hills Winery. Purchase of alcoholic drinks requires a $5 wristband. There are several N/A Beer and Cider options as well as soda and lemonade at the event.
Taking the stage from Noon to 3pm, there will be a variety of different small German bands all leading up to the headliner from 3pm to 6pm, the Bavarian Musikeisters, a 35-piece band that mixes in fun music and entertainment.
A variety of activities will be available, including horse-drawn wagon rides, barrel kiddie train ride, and, new this year, a collector car and motorcycle show from noon to 4pm.
After the celebration wraps up at 6pm, music and events will continue at Dawn’s Corner Bar and L&M Bar in Dundas. With a street dance planned by the Corner Bar that evening.
You can find all the details of Dundas Oktoberfest on their website: https://www.dundasoktoberfest.com/ . The celebration gets underway Saturday noon to 6pm.
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With the start of the school year already underway, the different leaders of each of the Northfield School District’s buildings have been making reports to the School Board highlighting recent successes and focus areas for this next school year.
Will be talking about each of the different schools in the coming weeks.
We’re starting this series with the Community Education Center, which serves members across the entire Northfield community, including programs in Pre-K learning, Adult Education Programs, and recreation programs.
Director of Community Education, Erin Bailey, noted that they have two preschool programs, which are Early Ventures and Hand in Hand. She noted that both programs were preparing kids for kindergarten, with 93% in Early Ventures and 73% in Hand in Hand considered well-prepared to start school. Bailey noted that Community Ed also welcomed diversity and students from many backgrounds into the programs:
“When you’re looking at hand-in-hand preschool would which has a very diverse population last year of those 180 students just over 44% were receiving a scholarship 36% where students of color and 36% were special education students and so love to see the outcomes we’re seeing when we are supporting students from a very diverse background as they’re entering the NCEC as well.” – Erin Bailey, Director of Northfield Community Education at the 8/25/2025 School Board Meeting
The success of Preschool at Community Ed also includes 3 years of increasing parents’ satisfaction with the overall average survey rating of 4.5 out of 5.
Bailey noted that other success areas went beyond education and included their community partnerships, like establishing a food shelf operated by the Community Action Center at the NCEC. In the last year, it has had 1,132 visits from 257
unique households, and 47,164 pounds of food were distributed. Additionally, there were partnerships with Health Community Initiative to implement the Early Childhood Navigators program, which worked with 90 different families, and partnerships with many more community groups.
Looking ahead to this school year, the focus areas include improving employee engagement and maintaining the parent satisfaction rating. However, the main goal focuses on the academic programs.
“And I think one of the most exciting things that Community Ed staff which are diverse say is they all want to be able to see themselves in the school Improvement plan and so that is why you see this these goals by program area it’s the ability for the number of program areas that we serve in the building to be able to see themselves reflected in those in those academic goals.” – Erin Bailey, Director of Northfield Community Education at the 8/25/2025 School Board Meeting
You can see the full presentation here
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