Two newcomers are poised to join the Lincoln County Commission following victories in the June 2 primary election, bringing new faces to the county’s governing board. In the District 3 race, Amy Harms defeated incumbent Commission Chair Tiffani Landeen, earning 930 votes, or 63 percent of the vote, compared to Landeen’s 543 votes, or 37 percent. A total of 1,473 ballots were cast in the race, with all six precincts reporting. Harms, a local marketing manager and current chair

The Lincoln County Commission met Tuesday, May 26. A public hearing regarding the termination of hangar leases for Sites K-5, K-6, & D and intent to enter into lease agreements for Sites K-5, K-6, & D, for a term exceeding 120 days and an amount exceeding $500 at the Marv Skie/ Lincoln County Airport was the first order of business. “This is another round of leases here that are being updated to the new term with 40 cents. One would be a termination and a transfer of the lea

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, April 28. Commissioners heard agenda items including a Safe Streets for All presentation and a public hearing. Highway Superintendent, Terry Fluit requested the commission consider a Safe Streets for All presentation and board action to adopt a resolution for the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan. “Back in 2023 Lincoln County applied for discretionary funding out of the bill that came out of congress. We applied for the S

The Lincoln County Commission met Tuesday, April 14. The first order of business was a first reading for an ordinance of Lincoln County, SD, amending the Code of Ordinances of the County by changing the zone of a portion Approximately acres of the property described as the East 318.5 feet of the South 372 feet of the South half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter S1/2 SE1/4 SE1/4 except Lot H-1 thereof of section 15, Township 98 North, Range 49 West of the 5th

With all members present, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, April 7. Commissioners heard agenda items including discussions on the Lincoln County Veterans Memorial, FAA agreements, and right-of-way acquisitions. Commissioner Betty Otten and Jim Schmidt requested a presentation from Stockwell Engineers on design for Lincoln County Justice Center Veterans Memorial and possible board action for approval of designs. “We had a meeting last week on the Veteran

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met Wednesday, April 8 for a Special meeting. Commissioners heard agenda items including an annexation agreement with the City of Canton and a Road and Utility Construction agreement. Chief Civil Deputy State’s Attorney, Drew DeGroot requested the commission consider a motion to authorize the chair to execute an Annexation Agreement with the City of Canton. “This is kind of putting a bow on all the previous agreements that we’ve had

With all members present the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, March 24. The Civil Deputy State’s Attorney office asked the commission to consider a motion to approve a Rental Agreement with Eboom LLC to utilize the Lincoln County Fairground’s parking lot for Firework Sales. “The same applicant as last year has asked to be allowed to use the fairgrounds and entered into a rental agreement. After the test run there were lots of things that didn’t go as planne

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, Mar. 10. Commissioners heard agenda items including Justice Center updates, Veterans Memorial talks, and airport funding. Julie Dotsenrod from The Tegra Group, along with Kyle Hubers from Henry Carlson and Lynn Remers from JLG Architect, were present to give an update on the Lincoln County Justice Center. “The site work has come a long way this past year as we were able to take advantage of the good weather. All the c

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, March 3, in the Lincoln County Boardroom. With all members present, the commission heard agenda items including court scanning, ambulance service, and bid awards. Commission Assistant Paul Anderson introduced Carl Thomas, Court Administrator, who requested that the commission consider a motion to split the 50% cost share of the Lincoln County Clerk of Courts’ scanning project with the Unified Justice System. “As you

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, February 24 in the Lincoln County Boardroom. Todd Meierhenry representing Augustana University as borrowers council in the transaction, was present for a public hearing regarding a Resolution giving approval to a project with Augustana University Association (the “Corporation”); and giving approval and authorization for the issuance of Economic Development Revenue Bonds, Series 2026 (Augustana University Association P