Governor Kristi Noem’s factory feedlot zoning bill, Senate Bill 157, still awaits its first hearing before Senate State Affairs. That’s more attention than new applications…
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Mayor Travis Schaunaman suffered a serious defeat to his business-über-alles agenda Tuesday when the City Council voted 7–2 to accept Councilman David Bunsness’s total gutting…
Just a week after the Governor’s Office of Economic Development kicked off its new CAFO bribe campaign, Hamlin County has said no thanks and nixed…
In other good news about bad bills, House Commerce and Energy killed Rep. Lee Qualm’s (R-21/Platte) effort to triple setbacks for wind turbines and hamstring…
As you wrap up your Christmas shopping, consider these signs of excessive consumerism cited by Santa Cruz County (California) supervisor Ryan Coonerty: The average size…
CAFO operator Frank Pravecek of Bon Homme County violated DENR rules by having too many cattle on his feedlot. Neighbor Sharon neth turned him in…
According to my friends at Dakota Rural Action, local landowners won an important victory against industrial livestockers in court this week. Judge Carmen Means upheld…
Judge John Pekas just sent McKennan Park homeowners Joseph and Sarah Sapienza a big home renovation project: he ruled this morning that they have to rebuild or move their…
Lawrence County voters said no Tuesday to a new quarry in Centennial Valley, between Spearfish and Whitewood. In a referendum vote, 1,103 Lawrence County residents voted to overturn a conditional use…
Jackley-backing Phil Sonstegard wanted to build a six-million-chicken plant three miles outside of Parker. After various zoning and court fights, Sonstegard has won a permit from Turner County…