The demand for city water in Lake Elmo has been so strong in recent weeks that staff sometimes have had to pump from a well that is known to be contaminated with PFOA, a toxin in the class of ...

Lake Elmo is the fastest-growing city in the state — and the clean water supply can’t keep up. The city in the east metro says it’s been using a contaminated well to supplement the water supply as a ...

A water crisis that has bedeviled development in Lake Elmo, threatened the purity of the city's groundwater and tied up the city's legal resources won't stand in the way of a new elementary school, ...

Terry Emerson has worked for years and spent more than $2.7 million to ready 53 acres of land at the northwest corner of Interstate 94 and Manning Avenue in Lake Elmo for development. Emerson, the ...

Stillwater Area School District officials say they may need to look for a new site for a new Lake Elmo Elementary School because of issues regarding access to city water. The Lake Elmo City Council ...