The project, dubbed Lemon Hill Solar, would cover 1,800 acres daisy-chained across Viola and Haverhill townships in eastern Olmsted County. The solar farm would have a capacity of 180 megawatts ...

“Primarily the change will allow the (Olmsted County) Planning Department to be the guide of the process,” Dunn said The county would accept any land-use change proposal and seek township and ...

Credit: Courtesy of Olmsted County Soil & Water Conservation ... to production agriculture,” he said. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture did township testing to identify areas where wells ...

Southeast Minnesota’s most populous county could hold a lottery for small retailer registrations as soon as July.

At issue was the interpretation of Minnesota law governing the county's zoning authority and the authority held by cities and towns. An Olmsted District Court judge has ruled that townships must ...

Minnesota Counties and a pair of Minnesota city's are considered to be sanctuary jurisdictions by the Trump Administration.

A pilot is recovering after the single-engine plane he was flying crashed near Rochester International Airport Sunday night, according to the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office. Authorities received ...

The Olmsted County Board put the issue to rest this month, amending its land use planning process once more to have the final say over proposed projects on land outside city or township limits.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- The Minnesota State Patrol says a car crossed the center line and caused a fatal head-on crash in Olmsted County Thursday morning. According to the state patrol, witnesses ...

Township Trustee Sherri Lippus said that Olmsted Falls and the county will share in ownership of the completed sewer. The county will advance funds to the township portion of the project.

BYRON — A bull housed at Olmsted County’s small Zollman Zoo at Oxbow Park will help Minnesota’s effort to bring back a genetically pure herd of American plains bison. The county worked with ...

The Olmsted County Board earlier this month did away with a 2022 rule change that gave cities and townships power over plans for future development outside their boundaries.