County: Milk facility to pay $50,000 for road use

County: Milk facility to pay $50,000 for road use

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Lincoln County will require the owners of a milk facility in Delaware Township to pay $25,000 annually to Delaware and Brooklyn Township for road maintenance. The $50,000 payment is one of the requirements of a conditional use permit approved by the county board for a facility expansion. The CUP is not for more dairy cows but to expand an existing milk condensing facility about 6 1/2 miles northwest of Beresford in De…

Hours of debate end in compromise for milk plant expansion

A gravel compromise appears to have sealed the deal.While the proposed Red Rock Real Estate milk condensing plant sits far from most Sioux Falls metro residents' backyards, a high-stakes hearing on a Tuesday evening in Canton reflects a deeper struggle across Lincoln County: how to balance agricultural expansion and industrial development with the backdrop of a fast-changing county character.As one of the nation’s fastest-growing, Lincoln County…