Dakota County Blogs

Dakota County's financial cushion is nearly gone, and your property tax bill could jump by double digits for 2027 to help fix it.

Free live music every Wednesday at Lake Marion through September 9 — here's who's still playing and what to bring for a night at Casperson Park.

Apple Valley's County Road 42 is under construction through October. Here are the lane closures, the full closure on August 3, and how to get around it.

Every year, tens of thousands of tons of incinerator ash from Minneapolis get trucked to a Rosemount landfill — and that ash just landed in a legal fight.

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

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

Three residents asked the county to do something about data centers. The county had to explain it's not legally the right address.

The Connemara and Akron intersection is getting a roundabout this summer — and it'll be fully closed for about three months.

Farmington is swinging for a nearly $3 million state grant to upgrade Rambling River Park trails, build a new restroom, and create an official trailhead for the North Creek Greenway.

A major March snowstorm is hitting the South Metro — here's which schools are closed, which are flex learning, and which haven't announced anything yet.