
Lakeville Schools Just Sold $20.6 Million in Bonds
Lakeville sold $20.6 million in bonds for building maintenance at a 3.5% interest rate — a bit higher than hoped, but still historically solid.
March 29, 2026
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Lakeville sold $20.6 million in bonds for building maintenance at a 3.5% interest rate — a bit higher than hoped, but still historically solid.
March 29, 2026

Claims spiked $5 million, the savings account got drained, and now Lakeville school employees are looking at a 15% health insurance premium increase.
March 29, 2026

About 30 people packed the Lakeville school board meeting to fight for Coach Blake Nichols — the board approved his resignation on the consent agenda anyway.
March 29, 2026

A bill at the Capitol could kill Burnsville’s transit system and replace it with something council members are calling worse and more expensive.
March 29, 2026

If you live near Shannon Parkway or Chippendale Avenue, Rosemount just set your street project assessment — and it came in lower than anyone expected.
March 23, 2026

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.
March 23, 2026

Eagan turned 2 million square feet of empty office space into something — and they're just getting started.
March 23, 2026

Ecolab is putting half a billion dollars into Eagan — and it's the biggest investment the company has ever made in Minnesota.
March 23, 2026

Rosemount has one sheet of ice and it's not enough. The city is now paying to design a potential two-sheet indoor ice complex — here's what we know so far.
March 19, 2026

Farmington just gave the green light to 215 new single-family homes near the high school — here's what's coming to the Sawyer Glenn development.
March 19, 2026
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