The January 17, 1963 Dakota County Tribune reports....
The Minnesota Municipal Commission had denied the city of Bloomington the right to annex the township of Burnsville...
According to Burnsville's Attorney Dave Grannis, he declared that Burnsville remains a township. It will stay that way, with no one having the right to claim it while Burnsville's own petition for incorporation is pending. The township action did not involve the Blackdog generating plant, which has fantastic value as a tax base. The Blackdog plant was grabbed by Bloomington at the same time they petitioned for the whole township.
