Hennepin County, which already has opened expanded libraries in Maple Grove and Plymouth this year, is checking out larger libraries to meet customer demand in Brooklyn Park and Excelsior. The Board ...

The location of a new Excelsior Library hinges on whether the Excelsior City Council wants to build a new city hall. Last week, council members heard from Hennepin County officials about plans for a ...

The fate of a new library in Excelsior is uncertain after Hennepin County Administrator Richard Johnson recommended that the project be delayed beyond 2013. Johnson made the recommendation two weeks ...

It's noisy inside the Excelsior Branch Library these days. One recent weekday morning, instead of the usual hush, the one-story building was filled with the sounds of construction -- loud ...

A 7,200-square-foot library is expected to replace the Excelsior’s existing library, pictured. (Staff photo: Bill Klotz) The Hennepin County Board approved a nearly $385,000 architectural and ...

Excelsior really wants a new library, but not the one that Hennepin County has in mind. The city's Heritage Preservation Commission and some residents found a contemporary design presented recently by ...