The Lake Elmo City Council unexpectedly let go its city administrator Tuesday by a vote of 3-1, and the council member who made the lone 'nay' vote immediately resigned in protest. City Administrator ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A well in Cimarron Mobile Home Park was identified last week to contain PFAS, a family of “forever chemicals,” putting more pressure on Lake Elmo’s already strained water-appropriation limits. The ...

The Washington County community of Lake Elmo has shut down a municipal well and one of its water towers because of elevated levels of a chemical once discharged by the 3M Company. City officials say ...