The Northfield Police Department and Rice County Drug Task Force made a series of arrests November 1st and 2nd after investigations lasting 14 months.  The Northfield News chronicled these events here.    Some of the arrests were centered around Greenvale Place Apartments.  A Randolph area man was arrested in the heroin related death of a Northfield man.  The Northfield News updated these stories here.

Kathy Sandberg of the Rice County Chemical Health Coalition wrote a Guest Column for the Northfield News titled “More can be done about heroin problem”.