Dakota County

No one likes to think about the possibility of a disaster or emergency. However, staff in emergency response agencies must plan, prepare and practice in case the worst happens. To prepare for the possibility of a disease outbreak, the Dakota County Public Health Department has...

They like living here. In the most recent Dakota County Residential Survey, residents continue to rate the quality of life in Dakota County very highly. Dakota County has completed a regular, periodic survey of residents since 2001. This year's survey was handled by the National...

For years, Dakota County and the Vermillion River Watershed 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 Hastings...

Home ownership is part of the American dream. It can also be one of the scariest commitments to make, seeing as it's probably one of the biggest investments a person can take on. The Dakota County Community Development Agency offers a number of services for first-time homebuyers,...

Rosemount and Hastings share a beautiful piece of geography, the Spring Lake Park Preserve. The two communities both also have newly formed community bands. So to John Loch and Dick Graham it seemed natural that the two communities could partner to offer a music festival. On Sept....

Another 13.6 acres of property will be added to the Spring Lake Park Reserve.

A little good luck and a little of what Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bellows called good police work have led to two arrests in connection with a fire early Thursday morning on property owned by the University of Minnesota. Dakota County Sgt. Jim Gabriel was patrolling on the U of...

Two familiar names in the University of Minnesota Extension Service, Dakota County, will end their service this month. Extension Service Regional Director Jayne Hager Dee and youth program director Mary Duncomb of Hastings, have announced their retirements. Dee came to Dakota County...

Christy Jo Fogarty, a nine-year member of the Farmington City Council, has announced plans to seek the Dakota County Commissioner seat being vacated next year by current commissioner Joe Harris. Harris has announced he will not seek reelection after 32 years on the commission. Fogarty...

Dakota County recently was named one of 21 one of the Intelligent Community Forum's Smart21 Intelligent Communities of 2012. It was one of 10 U.S., four European, three Latin American and four Asian communities named. Each year ICF defines a theme to guide nominations for the Intelligent...

A former Dakota County Social Services employee, Aleathea McWilliams, 52, has been sentenced to serve 30 days in jail, and complete 40 hours of community work service and 10 years of probation in connection with a theft of funds and bus passes. She was also ordered to pay restitution...

Dakota County and the Vermillion River Watershed have played a leadership role in how to understand and address groundwater and surface water contamination from agricultural activities through the Agricultural Outreach program, developed as a result of the Hastings Area Nitrate Study....