Burnsville Blogs

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

Burnsville just plugged University of Minnesota psychiatric specialists into its police and fire mental health response — paid for with opioid settlement cash, not tax dollars.

Burnsville's stretch of I-35W is getting an $80 million makeover, and your commute is about to get interesting for the next year and a half.

A bill at the Capitol could kill Burnsville’s transit system and replace it with something council members are calling worse and more expensive.

A new adult-use cannabis dispensary called Great Northern Greens is opening soon on Riverwood Drive in Burnsville, right across from the high school.

Burnsville is getting a massive new Crunch Fitness gym on Nicollet Ave — and founding memberships are already live online.

The Hwy 13 and Nicollet Ave interchange is officially a go — and Nicollet Ave will close for an entire season in 2027.

Burnsville’s Planning Commission approved its 2026 work plan — and they’re about to start shaping what the city looks like in 2050.

Echo Park Elementary principal Logan Schultz and teacher Brian Hurley — named Region 6 Magnet Teacher of the Year — were recognized at the District 196 school board meeting on February 9th.

Southwest Burnsville property owners will pay $2,869 for recent street improvements, 31% less than the city's original estimate.