
Apple Valley's $10.9 Million Kelley Park Is Finally Opening
Apple Valley spent $10.9 million rebuilding Kelley Park, and on September 26 you finally get to see it — with food trucks and a free Earth, Wind & Fire tribute.
August 30, 2026
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Apple Valley spent $10.9 million rebuilding Kelley Park, and on September 26 you finally get to see it — with food trucks and a free Earth, Wind & Fire tribute.
August 30, 2026

Rosemount voted 4-0 to rezone and plat North Wind Test's first-phase aerospace campus south of Meta. 60.74 acres. Phase 1 is 8.86 acres.
August 22, 2026

Rosemount voted 4-0 to hire RJM Construction as CMAR for a two-sheet indoor ice complex. Bid was $2,011,741.
August 22, 2026

Shakopee isn't voting on data centers or plate-reader cameras yet. They're putting both on the calendar, and that's the tell.
August 20, 2026

Farmington's police building is moving toward a major expansion, but the final contract still needs a vote.
August 17, 2026

Burnsville just counted up every piece of land it owns — and 22 lots could become the city's next single-family homes.
August 11, 2026

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.
August 5, 2026

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.
August 5, 2026

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.
August 5, 2026

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.
August 5, 2026
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