County seat petition effort fails

Insufficient number of signatures

A petition drive aimed at moving the Dewey County seat from Timber Lake to Eagle Butte failed to collect enough signatures to put the question on the November general election ballot. Carl Petersen of Parade submitted petitions to the county commission at its July 7 meeting. County Auditor Mary Ducheneaux determined that the number of required signatures was 531, the required 15% of t...

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