Washington County commissioners voted Tuesday to close the book on a long-running library dispute with Lake Elmo. The board voted 5-0 to approve a new contract restoring the Lake Elmo library to the ...

The Lake Elmo City Council on Tuesday night moved forward with a plan to hire a former Lake Elmo interim city administrator to once again fill that role. The council voted 3-1 to approve a five-month ...

Now that Lake Elmo has all but divorced itself from the Washington County Library system with the intentions of preserving its community library, the city now faces the challenge of setting up an ...

A tense 10-year argument came to a climax Tuesday, as city officials yanked their library out of the Washington County library system. “It is done,” said Lake Elmo Mayor Dean Johnston. “You are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Washington County officials will pay River Valley Christian Church $7.35 million to purchase its nearly 12-acre property in Lake ...

A big showdown over a tiny library is looming in Lake Elmo. The multiyear fight to keep it open escalated last week, with city and Washington County officials trading volleys over conflicting facts, ...

Construction won’t start until summer, but the Washington County Board of Commissioners ended 2025 by nailing down the $7.35 million acquisition of 11.88 acres of land needed to complete a $50 million ...