South Metro Scoop
Local stories, community news, and guides covering Dakota County and Scott County.
Burnsville's Festival & Fire Muster runs Sept. 10-12 with Free & Easy Band, Kat Perkins Country Roads, Femmes of Rock, a Friday drone show and Saturday fireworks. Here's the schedule, locations, shuttle information and what costs extra.
Lakeville Planning Commission recommended a 20,839 sq ft Goodwill at Spirit of Brandtjen Farm. No council date yet.
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.
Rosemount voted 4-0 to hire RJM Construction as CMAR for a two-sheet indoor ice complex. Bid was $2,011,741.
Shakopee isn't voting on data centers or plate-reader cameras yet. They're putting both on the calendar, and that's the tell.
A nonprofit is turning an old industrial-zone building into a safe landing spot for women escaping abuse and housing trouble.
Lakeville’s new FiRST Center gives first responders across the south metro a permanent place to train for real emergencies.
Burnsville is getting ready to redraw its long-range growth guide, and the Planning Commission could lead the work.
Farmington's police building is moving toward a major expansion, but the final contract still needs a vote.
Fire Station 2 is getting dorms, a fitness area, and round-the-clock crews, which means faster help when you call 911.
