Mcpherson County, SD

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Landowners in McPherson County filed a complaint against Summit Carbon Solutions in June, and now, landowners in seven additional counties have followed suit. The complaints from landowners state that they believe Summit Carbon Solutions’ surveyors for the carbon dioxide pipeline project coming onto their...

A back-and-forth exchange of court filings between Summit Carbon Solutions and South Dakota landowners seems to be in high gear. Landowners in eight counties have now filed against the Iowa-based carbon dioxide pipeline company. They're represented by Brian Jorde, an attorney with Domina Law Group in Omaha, Neb. A group of McPherson County landowners was the...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - South Dakota has received a Presidential Disaster Declaration that allows the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help South Dakota local governments in six counties statewide recover from public infrastructure damage sustained as a result of a tornado, severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, and hail that occurred June 11-14, 2022.

Summit Carbon Solutions claims in a legal filing that a group of McPherson County landowners is violating South Dakota law by not allowing the company to survey private land. The paperwork, filed by Summit in McPherson County about two weeks ago, argues that the company has a right to survey property without the landowners' consent since Summit has a permit request before the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.

LEOLA, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Landowners in McPherson County have united together to push back against Summit Carbon Solutions from allowing surveyors on their land, but now Summit is pushing back. Nearly three dozen McPherson County citizens gathered in the Leola school band room Thursday night to discuss their...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Many in the energy industry sing the praises of carbon capture technology, but not everybody is thrilled by the idea. Summit Carbon Solutions is planning a massive project spanning five states, that will carry millions of tons of carbon dioxide into North Dakota every year, where it will be permanently stored underground.

U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) have sent a letter (July 21, 2022) to President Biden in support of Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R-S.D.) request for a major disaster declaration in western and central South Dakota following a series of severe storms that began on June 11, 2022. The delegation has strongly supported previous disaster declaration requests, including the one that was granted on June 29, 2022, which came as a result of severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding that devastated communities across eastern South Dakota on May 12, 2022.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Dennis Wolff of McPherson County said he let a court summons from Summit Carbon Solutions lay on his deck in the rain overnight. Wolff said he intends to let his lawyer Brian Jorde of Omaha, Nebraska, handle the summons for a lawsuit filed by SCS Carbon Transport LLC in McPherson County.

Bond has been set at $50,000 cash for a man wanted in McPherson County on charges of rape and sexual contact with a child between the ages of 13 and 14. Henry T. Berryhill, 44, was arrested June 14 by the Oregon County Sheriff's Office in Thayer, Mo., said McPherson County State's Attorney Austin Hoffman.

PIERRE, S.D.–Governor Kristi Noem has requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration to help South Dakota local governments recover from public infrastructure damage sustained as a result of tornado, severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, and hail that occurred June 11-14 in six counties. A preliminary damage assessment conducted this week by...

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – On Friday, Governor Kristi Noem requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration and signed Executive Order 2022-08 to help South Dakota local governments recover from public infrastructure damage sustained as a result of tornado, severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, and hail that occurred June 11-14, 2022 in six counties statewide.

South Dakota officials are seeking a presidential disaster declaration to assist local governments in six counties with public infrastructure damage from June storms. Storms on June 11-14 included tornados, severe weather, straight-line winds, flooding and hail, according to a news release from Gov. Kristi Noem. Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance...

The State of South Dakota is requesting a Presidential Disaster Declaration to help local governments in six counties recover from public infrastructure damage from severe summer storms that occurred June 11-14, 2022. A preliminary damage assessment conducted this week by FEMA indicates more than $1.6 million in damage was done...

A lawyer representing a group of McPherson County landowners has filed a lawsuit against Summit Carbon Solutions alleging that a law allowing companies to survey land without consent is in violation of both the South Dakota and U.S. constitutions. The state law in question notes that anyone with an open...