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Permits for open burning in the Black Hills Forest Fire Protection District are to expire this Friday, March 31.

Current and incoming members of the Dubuque County Board of Supervisors said last week that more discussion will be needed before deciding how to replace the outgoing county recorder.

Dubuque County spent $49,000 last fiscal year on outside legal counsel related to the departure of two county attorney’s office employees, and additional legal costs still are unbilled and being

A split Dubuque County Board of Supervisors on May 23 voiced support for a plan to continue to allow ATVs/UTVs on county roads with longer hours and fewer banned roads.

A split Dubuque County Board of Supervisors on Monday approved major salary increases for county elected offic...

Wildland Fire urges landowners to check any recently burned brush piles News ReleaseMarch 9, 2021News courtesy/file photoCheck recently burned brush or slash piles RAPID CITY, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture’s Wildland Fire Division urges landowners who recently burned brush piles to monitor them to be sure they are completely extinguished. Ignited brush piles should be rechecked several times until all material is consumed and the fire is completely extinguished. Piles th...

KNBN NewsCenter1 March 9, 2021 Photo courtesy Pennington Fire RAPID CITY, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture’s Wildland Fire Division urges landowners who recently burned brush piles to monitor them to be sure they are completely extinguished. Ignited brush piles should be rechecked several times until all material is consumed and the fire is completely extinguished. Piles thought to be extinguished may not be and can start wildfires weeks after initial ignition. “The proba...

After commitments to follow through, the Dubuque County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution to require review of hog and cattle confinement operations of more than 3,000 head. The resolution requires large-scale concentrated animal feeding operations to be reviewed through the state of Iowa’s master matrix before construction can begin. The board has had this resolution in place in the past, which supervisors believe has kept some of these big operations from establishing themselves...