Buffalo Gap News

With no clear cut favorite in the field of candidates, the race to be South Dakota's next governor is wide open.

SDGovernor Race, SD Governor's race taking shape Eds: APNewsNow. Will be led. PIERRE, S.D. Lt.

Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard made his unofficial bid for governor official Monday, launching a statewide tour from the hayloft of his family farm in Garretson.

Eds: APNewsNow. Will be led. AP Photo. GARRETSON, S.D. South Dakota's lieutenant governor has formally entered the race seeking the Republican nomination for governor.

The U.S. Forest Service has released a new prairie dog management plan for federal grasslands in South Dakota and Nebraska.

Scott Heidepriem said Monday that he's filed paperwork to run for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2010.

He's the cowboy hat wearing, horseback riding, rancher running for governor of South Dakota.

By Curt Nettinga After holding some discussions with the City of Hot Springs and other concerned parties in the county, Fall River County Joe Allen shared his thoughts on an animal control ordinance for the county at the June 2 meeting.

A directive on road building on U.S. Forest Service lands shouldn't affect proposed back-country motorized travel options in the Black Hills National Forest, supervisor Craig Bobzien said.