Dewey County

The South Dakota Capitol is reflected in Capitol Lake. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight)

Bill to complicate county seat relocations limps out of committee

BY: - January 20, 2023

A bill that would make it more difficult to move a county seat to another city has been stripped down by committee amendments but will move on to the Senate floor. Senate Bill 56, as originally introduced, would have made numerous changes to the state law (SDCL 7-6) governing the relocation of a county seat, […]

Photo of the Dewey County Courthouse in winter, built in 1959 and located in Timber Lake, South Dakota.

Bill would make it harder to move county seats; opponents call it ‘antidemocratic’

BY: - January 13, 2023

Sen. Ryan Maher, R-Isabel, wants to make it more difficult to move a county seat to another city. Senate Bill 56, which he introduced Tuesday, follows a failed 2022 effort to move the Dewey County seat from Timber Lake to Eagle Butte.  Dewey County is one of a few South Dakota counties that is within […]