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 ...

When Elmo decided to check the emotional pulse of the internet on Monday and ask, “How is everybody doing?” the fiery-colored Muppet couldn’t have anticipated the seismic response he’d receive. Elmo’s ...

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 ...