City Council Blogs

Six hens, simpler bee permits, and closer decks on small lots — Lakeville's yearly rule cleanup had a little of everything. Data centers got cut.

A local builder just got the OK for 24 single-family homes off Gresham Way — and it dodged the city's housing pause on a technicality.

A new industrial road, sewer bored under I-35, and water lines west of County Road 70 — Lakeville's 215th Street project is a go.

Speaker after speaker — Lutheran, Jewish, Muslim, Latter-day Saint — stood up for the Al-Hadi mosque. A few neighbors pushed back on traffic and looks.

333 miles of road, a $393 million price tag, and a plan to spend a little now so the city doesn't spend a fortune later.

Two bodies, 40 armed guards, and 84 police calls: how the Baymont Hotel lost its license in Shakopee.

Apple Valley wants its rebuilt Community Center to earn five times what it does now, and just hired a firm to figure out how.

Apple Valley just froze data center development citywide for a year, and one resident's question at the podium showed exactly how confusing that sounds.

You can walk into any Dakota County library and pick up free Narcan, no ID and no questions asked.

The county's worst crash intersection is right here in Lakeville — and one option on the table is turning the double roundabout back into a stoplight.