Nov 5, 2020Burkart Wins Re-electionNovember 3, 2020, Prior Lake, Scott County, MN Two four-year terms on the Prior Lake City Council were up for election this year and...
Nov 5, 2020Ground Breaking for Pickleball CourtsNovember 2, 2020 Spring Lake Park, Prior Lake, Scott County, MN Your City Council approved funds to build a world class pickleball...
Sep 11, 2020Success: Ribbon Cutting at 169/78/41 InterchangeSeptember 11, 2020 Jackson Township, Louisville Township, Scott County, MN I was honored to represent the Highway 169 Corridor Coalition...
Aug 27, 2020Burkart Leads Highway 169 Corridor Coalition Meeting with Congresswoman Angie CraigAugust 27, 2020 SCALE TRAINING FACILITY Jordan, MN Highway 169 Corridor Coalition Chair Kevin Burkart convened a consortium of local,...
Aug 14, 2020MVTA Awarded $2.8 Million for Burnsville Transit Bus Garage ModernizationMinnesota Valley Transit Authority is extremely pleased to have received a federal grant award on Aug. 11 from the Federal Transit...
Jun 3, 2020Commentary: The way through a city-developer standoff over feesWho should pay for the roads and related costs of new housing projects: the developer who builds them, or existing homeowners and...
May 6, 2020Guest commentary: Lessons have been learned, time to adjust ordersI applaud Gov. Walz for making immediate and difficult decisions within an information vacuum. It’s now appropriate to refine the...
Apr 30, 2020Prior Lake Council almost unanimous in support for reopening businessesPrior Lake’s City Council has called on the governor to allow several local businesses to open to more customers during the pandemic....
Feb 4, 2020Prior Lake Councilmember Burkart becomes MVTA board vice chairmanPrior Lake City Councilmember Kevin Burkart was elected vice chairman of the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority on Jan. 29, the...
Aug 23, 2019Opioid crisis leaves personal mark on Prior Lake City CouncilIn the tide of prescription pills flowing across the country in the opioid epidemic, Prior Lake is no island. Two of five City Council...
Jan 3, 2019Prior Lake City Council member Kevin Burkart elected to MVTA leadershipPrior Lake City Council member Kevin Burkart has been elected as the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority Board secretary and treasurer for...
Jun 30, 2017Kevin Burkart’s Leap of FaithWhat happens when the man who has everything…loses it? It wasn’t suicide, not exactly, that was on Kevin Burkart’s mind when he stepped...
Jun 6, 2017Adaptive athlete-councilman spearheads Shockwaves water ski squad.The Shockwaves performance water ski team will host two inaugural clinics this summer for adaptive athletes who might never have been...