Big Stone City, South Dakota

There’s a chance the new men’s prison could get located somewhere other than the greater Sioux Falls area. Widespread public opposition to a proposed 1,500-bed, $825 million, men’s prison in a field in Lincoln County has a governor appointed task force looking at other options.

Big Stone Lake in northeastern South Dakota was once considered the terminus for a massive shipping canal that would have connected South Dakota directly to Hudson Bay in Canada.

By Victoria WicksProperty taxes on Big Stone power plant environmental upgrades will continue to be deferred if House Bill 1153 finds the same success in…