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The Argus Leader spoke to people on both sides of a heated discussion over whether to raise a controversial Minnehaha County auditor's salary.

Dakotans for Health has reached a settlement with Minnehaha County regarding the circulation of petitions at the county administration building.

Dakotans for Health has reached a settlement with Minnehaha County regarding the circulation of petitions at the county administration building

Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson floated the idea of hand counting ballots in front of the County Commission on Tuesday.

Genesis Farms, a South Dakota cannabis company, has forfeited it's license to operate the only dispensary in Minnehaha County.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – The 2024 general election is more than 13 months away, but the topic of future elections sparked public outcry at the Minnehaha County Commission meeting Tuesday morning.  Minnehaha County’s five commissioners voted unanimously to approve a contract with Election Systems & Software, an Omaha, Nebraska based elections equipment company. The […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission unanimously voted to deny Navigator’s request to build. They also denied the company’s motion to overrule local ordinances that would prevent them from building. Minnehaha is one county the pipeline was planning to go through. Many landowners on the east side of South Dakota have […]

With one member missing, the county commission debated how far any piplines should be from residences, churches and schools. The commission will take up the issue again at their June 6 meeting.

In a 3-2 vote, the Planning and Zoning Commission advanced a pipeline ordinance with amendments that, among other changes, increased the setback distance to one mile from municipalities.

In a 3-2 vote, the Planning and Zoning Commission advanced a pipeline ordinance with amendments that, among other changes, increased the setback distance to one mile from municipalities.