March 12, 2013 in The Farmington Independent
The results are in for the March 12 township elections in Castle Rock, Empire and Eureka. Incumbents won seats in all three communities, and Castle Rock voters approved a measure to let township officials appoint the township clerk’s position. Continue Reading
March 11, 2013 in The Farmington Independent
The CapX2020 utilities have started construction on the estimated $500 million, 150-mile Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse 345 kilovolt project. The first segment under construction is the 16-mile 161 kV line between a new north Rochester substation near Pine Island and the existing Northern Hills Substation in northwest Rochester. Continue Reading
March 9, 2013 in The Farmington Independent
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. Continue Reading
February 11, 2013 in The Farmington Independent
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 Hastings Area Nitrate Study almost 10 years ago. Continue Reading
February 11, 2013 in The Farmington Independent
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 Hastings Area Nitrate Study almost 10 years ago. Continue Reading
January 18, 2013 in The Farmington Independent
Once again, Empire township’s elections should bring little surprise the morning after. But Castle Rock and Eureka? Well, that might be something different. Continue Reading
January 17, 2013 in The Farmington Independent
When Mike Slavik was first elected to the Hastings City Council in 2006, his parents breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, that political science degree he’d earned at St. John’s University was going to be used.
Well, now Slavik is using that degree full time. He was sworn last week in as the new Dakota County Commissioner for District 1. Continue Reading
January 17, 2013 in The Farmington Independent
When Mike Slavik was first elected to the Hastings City Council in 2006, his parents breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, that political science degree he’d earned at St. John’s University was going to be used.
Well, now Slavik is using that degree full time. He was sworn last week in as the new Dakota County Commissioner for District 1. Continue Reading
December 27, 2012 in The Farmington Independent
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. Continue Reading
September 21, 2012 in The Farmington Independent
Looking at the dry, yellow stalks of corn in many Dakota County fields, it might be hard to think of the flood waters that stood in many of those same fields early in the 2012 growing season.
But the Minnesota Department of Agriculture remembers those days. That’s why the MDA is accepting applications for flood assistance from agricultural producers in 15 Minnesota counties, including Dakota County. Continue Reading
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