That’s one of the questions city leaders in Forest Lake and Columbus have been asking for a few months, ever since the settlement of a lawsuit filed against the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources by the White Bear Lake Homeowners Association. As part of the settlement, both cities are listed as among the “Phase II” […]
Minn. Supreme Court Rules Against Insurance Company in Key Storm Damage Dispute
A small Eagan condo association took a Fortune 500 insurance company all the way to the Minnesota Supreme Court — and won. And the ruling could impact every Minnesotan with a homeowners insurance policy. Read more……..
DNR (MN) agrees to protect lake and aquifer
The White Bear Lake Restoration Association and White Bear Lake Homeowner’s Association announced that they have settled a two-year lawsuit with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and DNR Commissioner Thomas Landwehr over the historic water level decline in White Bear Lake. Read more……….
Judge’s lake lawsuit ruling no surprise
Calling it a “Mexican standoff,” White Bear Lake’s city attorney said he was not surprised District Court Judge Margaret Marrinan denied summary judgment motions from both sides in the lake level lawsuit. Motions from the plaintiff, the White Bear Lake Restoration Association, and intervenor White Bear Lake Homeowners Association, and the defendants, the Department of […]
Lake lawsuit order filed
On Friday, Aug. 29, District Court Judge Margaret Marrinan issued an order in the lake level lawsuit denying all of the parties’ requests for summary judgment with one exception. Intervenor White Bear Lake Homeowners’ Association’s motion on whether the public trust doctrine allows a common law cause of action to protect the public’s use rights […]
Zebra mussel discovered on Green Lake (MN), despite association efforts
Despite lakeshore property owners’ ramped-up investments to keep Green Lake free of zebra mussels, the invasive species has infested the lake near Spicer. Read more…….
Condo group seeks Minneapolis’ help on Southwest LRT
Condominium residents along the planned Southwest Corridor light-rail route in Minneapolis want assurances that a transit tunnel won’t hurt their buildings. Read more……..
Edina acts to empty a condo unit crammed with possessions
When Edina police got to the condo building at 4100 Parklawn Avenue at 4 a.m. one day last May, they found a woman sleeping in the building’s library Read more……..
Condo, townhouse groups rap Minneapolis stance on Southwest LRT
Resident groups say they’d rather have freight trains than ground-level light rail, and they complain Minneapolis is ignoring their concerns in Southwest fight. Read more……..