Governor Dennis Daugaard's push for more mega-dairies has drawn legal action against Brookings County from Hendricks, Minnesota. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that the Hendricks City Council has "filed a lawsuit" against Brookings County to stop the 3,999-head concentrated animal feeding…
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At its October 7, 2014, meeting, the Brookings County Planning and Zoning Commission approved a conditional-use permit for local dairy man Michael Crinion to build a 3,999-head dairy. According to the permit request, the dairy would take up the northeast…
Brookings County has $879,010 more to spend on roads, bridges, schools, and clean water this year, thanks to wind turbines. And that money comes largely from the nameplate tax, which specifically targets wind farms: The term nameplate refers to an…
Lake County finished 2011 with a jump in unemployment. According to the South Dakota Department of Labor, December 2011 unemployment in the county jumped from 4.0% to 4.4%. Following a relatively normal seasonal pattern at the local and state level,…
Lake County enjoyed another job surge in October. The latest data from the South Dakota Department of Labor show 105 more people raised their hands in October in Lake County and said, "We want to work!" Lake County managed to…
Lake County lost jobs in June. The latest figures from the South Dakota Department of Labor show that Lake County lost 215 jobs between May and June. 200 people also left the workforce. 6145 jobs, 6470 available workers... that makes…
Great civics class topic... and implications for Keystone XL? Flooding on Highway 81 north of Madison has brought up an interesting question of the local&ndashstate balance of power. As you'll know if you've tried to get from Watertown to Madison,…