Prices for city-county land purchase made public
Modified: Monday, Mar 8th, 2010
Officials have released the prices of nine properties the city and county are purchasing as the future site of a joint intergovernmental administration building .
All properties are located in the block south of the Brookings Public Library.
Together, the parcels cost $1,989,500, with the City of Brookings and Brookings County ...more
Wink's Fine Jewelry donates thousands to organizations, events each year
Posted: Monday, Mar 8th, 2010
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles about some of the key businesses and business leaders in Brookings. The series is intended as a "get-acquainted " aspect of The Brookings Register's Community Unity project. Brookings has been good to Jerry Miller. He's raised a family here and operated a successful business in the city for years. ...more
Commission agrees to sweeten land offer
Posted: Friday, Mar 5th, 2010
The Brookings County Commission agreed Thursday morning to pay an additional $25,000 for one of the properties located on the parcel of land the county and City of Brookings purchase an - governmental administration building.
Commissioners approved by a 5-0 vote a resolution authorizing the additional expenditure of $50,000 for the property at 216 Fifth Ave. ...more
University buildings get Senate approval
Posted: Friday, Mar 5th, 2010
Three South Dakota State University building projects now have the approval of both houses of the South Dakota Legislature.
House Bill 1025 authorizes the state Board of Regents to construct a new motor pool building on the Brookings campus.
House Bill 1026 allows for construction of phase II of the Electrical Engineering ...more
Local officials preparing for possible flooding
Posted: Friday, Mar 5th, 2010
Brookings County Emergency Manager Todd Struwe told commissioners this week how he is preparing for possible flooding in the county this spring.
Appearing at Tuesday's Brookings County Commission meeting, Struwe said he has met with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) officials to discuss flood insurance issues and has also been watching flooding conditions and ...more
Zoning amendment to scale down accessory buildings in Brookings
Posted: Friday, Mar 5th, 2010
Brookings city councilors last week approved an amendment to the zoning ordinance aimed at reducing the size of accessory buildings constructed in the community.
Ordinance No. 07-10 passed on a 7-0 council vote on Feb. 23.
An accessory building on a residential lot is a secondary structure that is not attached ...more
BATA barn's back
Posted: Friday, Mar 5th, 2010
Another round of stimulus money could revive a local transportation organization's efforts to construct a new building to house its buses.
If the funding comes through, Brookings County will again be asked to buy the organiza tion's current build Brookings Area Transit Authority (BATA) Director Brenda Schweitzer told commissioners Tuesday that stimulus funds ...more
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