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Dakota County is getting a World's Fair in 2031, and we still don't know which city is getting it.

Your Hastings water bill is going up, and the reason is three treatment plants the city says it never should have needed.

Hastings is taking 3M to court over the forever chemicals in five of our drinking water wells — and the city says it can prove the stuff came out of a smokestack.

Gideon Pond Elementary spent up to two years picking its own school apart on purpose, and it just got named a Minnesota School of Excellence.

Apple Valley spent $10.9 million rebuilding Kelley Park, and on September 26 you finally get to see it — with food trucks and a free Earth, Wind & Fire tribute.

Lakeville is not throwing iPads in the trash. The board is arguing, hard, about what those screens are even for.

Rosemount just gave final Planning Commission approval to a KJ Walk drive-thru strip on 149th — with Que Taco and pizza on deck.

Rosemount's Planning Commission wants 1.94 acres near Aspen Fields flipped from apartments to commercial — and senior housing is waiting in the wings.

MVTA runs four south-metro park-and-rides to the State Fair Aug. 27-Sept. 7. $6 round trip. Free parking. Here's which lot to use.

Burnsville's Festival & Fire Muster runs Sept. 10-12 with Free & Easy Band, Kat Perkins Country Roads, Femmes of Rock, a Friday drone show and Saturday fireworks. Here's the schedule, locations, shuttle information and what costs extra.