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Brown County has offices in Aberdeen connected to the Brown County Courthouse, Sheriff's Office and jail. The county will vote Nov. 3 on a proposed sales tax to reduce homeowner property taxes. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)
By Makenzie Huber
South Dakotans in two counties will decide in the Nov. 3 election whether to implement a county sales tax for homeowner property tax reduction, while residents in two other counties will vote in special elections later in November.
By Joshua Haiar
BROOKINGS — Farmers could reduce their reliance on groundwater, help mitigate downstream flooding and improve crop yields during droughts by storing their drainage water in a pond or wetland, according to a speaker at the Eastern South Dakota Water Conference.
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Security stands outside ICE headquarters during a Congressional Hispanic Caucus rally on Feb. 3, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
By Jonathan Shorman
The Department of Homeland Security obtained tens of millions of unspecified records as part of a sweeping nationwide effort to find voter fraud, according to internal DHS reports, and weighed using undercover agents to investigate voter registration efforts by nonprofit groups.
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