Here's Why You're Seeing Purple Street Lights In Some Metro Cities

CBS Minnesota

February 10, 2022

Minnesota has been called “the Purple State,” sometimes because of politics, other times related to sports. Or perhaps, “The Purple One” himself, Prince.

But recently in some Twin Cities suburbs, neighbors are seeing purple for a different reason.

There is a bit of a mystery in Apple Valley surrounding 24 streetlights that are shining bright purple along Cedar Avenue.

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