empire township

Evan Gittus was going fast in the wrong direction when a Dakota County Sheriff's deputy pulled him over June 15 in Empire Township. The deputy stopped Gittus, 20, of Eagan, shortly after 5 a.m. after clocking him going 91 miles per hour in a 55 mile-per-hour zone.

An Alternative Urban Arewide Review that outlines the possible impacts the University of Minnesota's planned UMore Park development will have on Rosemount and Empire Township was the topic of discussion at a public meeting on Monday, and community members came prepared with their...

This summer the city of Rosemount, Empire Township and the University of Minnesota will finish up their work on an Alternative Urban Areawide Review of the UMore property. Before the city council approves the final product sometime in September, they want feedback from the public...

What do green grass, robins, tulips and broken furniture all have in common? One way or the other, they are all signs of spring around the Farmington area. And in a good way -- even the broken furniture. Piles of broken furniture, old appliances and carpet scraps are part of the...

Castle Rock Township officials will now be able to appoint the township clerk, after a close vote in Tuesday's township elections. The question of whether the clerk's position should be appointed or elected passed on a 98-73 vote. It was the only question on a ballot for any of Farmington's...

Area township voters will go to the polls Tuesday to elect representatives to their respective boards of supervisors. Polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Empire, Eureka and Castle Rock town halls. Longtime board member Jamie Elvestad is running unopposed for Empire...

A 50-year-old Rosemount woman faces felony charges of criminal vehicular operation after a Friday night accident in which she lost control in a roundabout at Highway 3 and 190th Street and hit another car head on. The woman, Elizabeth Dawn Nelson, was seriously hurt in the accident....

For years, Dakota County and the Vermillion River Watershed District have played a leadership role in working to understand and address groundwater and surface water contamination from agricultural activities through the Agricultural Outreach program, developed as a result of the...

Once again, Empire township's elections should bring little surprise the morning after. But Castle Rock and Eureka? Well, that might be something different. The filing of affidavits of candidacy for township elections closed Tuesday, and two of the three townships around Farmington...

Years of work culminated Tuesday night in the Rosemount City Council's approval of a series of actions to allow Dakota Aggregates to mine nearly 900 acres on the UMore Park property in southeast Rosemount. UMore also includes land in Empire Township. Among the actions was approval...

Dakota County commissioner Joe Harris has seen plenty of changes in the communities he's served over the 30-plus years he's held the District 1 seat. But that all comes to an end next week, as Harris has officially retired from the Dakota County Board of Commissioners. He'll be...