
Rosemount's Connemara and Akron Roundabout Gets a $2.57M Contract
The Connemara and Akron intersection is getting a roundabout this summer — and it'll be fully closed for about three months.
April 12, 2026
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The Connemara and Akron intersection is getting a roundabout this summer — and it'll be fully closed for about three months.
April 12, 2026

Highway 61 through Hastings is getting torn up and rebuilt starting in 2028 — here's the full rundown on what's planned.
April 12, 2026

Farmington's pay structure is out of compliance with the state, and it's going to cost up to $84K to fix — but the alternative is way worse.
April 12, 2026

A packed Lakeville school board meeting brought emotional public comment, a big insurance premium hike, and two policy fights that split the board 4-2.
March 29, 2026

Three Lakeville school board members pushed to require parental notification when kids are searched at school. Three others sided with the lawyers. Neither side budged.
March 29, 2026

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
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