State Land In Spink And Aurora Counties To Be Sold

Some parcels of state land will soon be up for sale, while some others will be pulled back. The South Dakota legislature approved a request from Governor Dennis Daugaard giving him the authority to sell unneeded state land.  The sales are being handled by the Office of School and Public Lands, and Commissioner Jarrod Johnson says the process can take some time…

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Some land near the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls, and near a proposed state veterans home in Hot Springs are being taken off the market.  Land in Spink and Aurora Counties will be put up for bid later this month. Johnson says it’s the Governors decision…

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Johnson says they make the appraisal’s on the land, then the Governor can decide on what and when to sell…

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An appraisal of seventy acres near the Human Services Center in Yankton is underway, and seventy three acres in Custer County have to be surveyed and platted before they can be sold.