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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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