27% of registered voters in Spearfish and Spearfish Valley showed up at the polls yesterday to reject the city's proposed annexation of some of the nicest not-quite urban, not-quite rural agricultural land in South Dakota. On a 54.6%-to-45.4% split, referendum…
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My Spearfish neighbors really, really want a vote! Last year, the city cancelled a referendum on annexation of a chunk of land on the north side of town east of Evans Lane when they found some uncrossed t's and undotted…
I don't know how my Spearfish Valley neighbors feel about the federal government shutdown, but a bunch of Valley residents still don't want city government expansion. Despite the fact that the biggest October blizzard in recent memory still has the…
Spearfish is renewing its push to annex the Upper and Lower Valley, the populous yet tranquil and quasi-agricultural neighborhood on the north side of town between Black Hills State University and Exits 8 and 10 of Interstate 29 (see map…
My neighbors living on the northwest edge of Spearfish successfully beat back the city's latest annexation push last month. By pointing out that the Spearfish City Council didn't follow the law, they got the city to put off dragging the…
As expected, a petition is circulating around Spearfish to refer the city's recent annexation resolution to a public vote. Monday before last, the Spearfish City Council voted to add 134 acres to the northwest part of town. The annexation would…
The Spearfish City Council voted Monday to start the ball rolling on the annexation of an area north of town called Upper and Lower Valley. Well, "north of town" isn't totally accurate. Technically, the area targeted for annexation is a…