
Lakeville School Board Approves New Curriculum
Lakeville's new ELA and social studies curriculum is locked in for the next decade — but one board member fought hard to keep it off the consent agenda.
May 30, 2026
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Lakeville's new ELA and social studies curriculum is locked in for the next decade — but one board member fought hard to keep it off the consent agenda.
May 30, 2026

Apple Valley's community center and senior center are becoming one building — with an indoor playground and a two-year construction window.
May 30, 2026

Apple Valley's beloved free summer concert series is bouncing to Bogart's this year — and the new Kelley Park amphitheater opens in September.
May 30, 2026

New curriculum, dyslexia screening, 11 new learning coaches, and an outside firm — here's the big plan Burnsville schools have for next year.
May 30, 2026

Lakeville won the data center lawsuit. A Dakota County judge dismissed the case, ruling the city's environmental review followed the rules.
May 28, 2026

Rosemount's planning commission just shot down a duplex rezoning on 132nd Court — but offered the homeowner a creative way out.
May 27, 2026

Lakeville added 388 special education students over three years — but a board member says families are open-enrolling out for better services elsewhere.
May 27, 2026

That two-story box going up near Apple Autos? It's 18 pickleball courts, a four-vendor food hall, and an 80-tap pour-your-own beer wall.
May 23, 2026

The state chipped in $9.1 million for Apple Valley's water cleanup — which sounds great until you do the math on the other $90 million.
May 23, 2026

Apple Valley's almost out of empty land, but there are still hundreds of new homes going up — here's the full rundown.
May 23, 2026
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