Editor's note: UMore Park isn't just a Rosemount thing. It's a Dakota County thing with implications for Lakeville and surrounding communities. After nearly an hour and a half hours of discussion, and more than two years of planning and public input, Rosemount's City Council on Dec. 18 approved the development of a large-scale mining operation at UMore Park. It wasn’t an easy decision for Rosemount, with staff and council members sifting through hundreds of pages of documents and reports as the council analyzed the benefits of allowing Dakota Aggregates, a partnership of Cemstone Products …

Editor's note: UMore Park isn't just a Rosemount thing. It's a Dakota County thing with implications for Lakeville and surrounding communities. Especially drinking water. During a June 28 public meeting to discuss pollution issues at the University of Minnesota’s UMore Park in Rosemount, many area residents were extremely vocal about what they said has been a lack of transparency about contaminants on the part of the university.After a formal presentation, residents quickly began vocalizing allegations that officials had lied about contaminants and conditions on the expansive property, …

Editor's note: UMore Park isn't just a Rosemount thing. It's a Dakota County thing with implications for Lakeville and surrounding communities. Dozens of Rosemount residents gathered Thursday night for a public meeting regarding the results of a recent Remedial Investigation (RI) on contamination issues at the University of Minnesota’s UMore Park property in Rosemount. The university has big development plans for the site that include a future eco-friendly, sustainable community of 25,000-30,000 within the City of Rosemount.The meeting was supposed to be an informal open-house format where …