County Commissioners Report On The "State of the County"

Rob Timm and Scott McCaskell look on as Beadle County Commision Vice-Chair Rick Benson begins the State of the County luncheon Thrusday

Four of the five members of the Beadle County Commission addressed a lunch time crowd Thursday during the annual State of the County address. Vice Chair Rick Benson opened the address for Chairman Dennis Drake who could not attend. Benson says the county is making headway in getting re-imbursed for money it’s owed…

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Commissioner Dick Werner talked about where money from a 300-thousand dollar opt-out was used…

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Commissioner Linda Marcus says Beadle County has suffered almost 1-point 8 million dollars in damage this year due to flooding.   Commissioner Larry Mattke says Huron is losing two Extension Service personnel and a local office in the re-organization of the Extension service, but that a positive may come from that lose

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The County is saving around eight-thousand dollars per month after work was done on the heating and cooling systems in the Courthouse.