City Council Blogs

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

333 miles of road, a $393 million price tag, and a plan to spend a little now so the city doesn't spend a fortune later.

Two bodies, 40 armed guards, and 84 police calls: how the Baymont Hotel lost its license in Shakopee.

Apple Valley wants its rebuilt Community Center to earn five times what it does now, and just hired a firm to figure out how.