NOTICE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTROL NOXIOUS WEEDS AND DECLARED PESTS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN this 24th day of June, 2019, pursuant to SDCL 38-22 as amended, to all owners, occupants, agents and public officials in charge of lands in Meade County, South Dakota, that they are responsible for the suppression, control, and eradication of noxious weeds and declared pest infestations that may exist on such lands.

Chemical, biological, and/or cultural control methods used for the suppression, control and eradication of noxious weed and declared pest infestations shall be those approved for such purposes by the Meade County Weed and Pest Supervisor, County Agricultural Extension Agent or the South Dakota State University Experiment Station.

Upon failure to observe this notice, the County Weed and Pest Board is required to proceed pursuant to the law and have the noxious weeds or declared pests destroyed by such methods as they may find necessary, the expense of which shall constitute a lien and be entered as a tax against the land, and be collected as other real estate taxes are collected, or by other means as provided by law.

Plants and animals designated as being noxious weeds and declared pests in the State of South Dakota are Leafy Spurge, Salt Cedar, Perennial Sow Thistle, Russian Knapweed, Hoary Cress, Canada Thistle, Purple Loosestrife and Gypsy Moth.

In addition, Absinth wormwood, Dalmatian toadflax, and Spotted Knapweed has been approved by the State Weed and Pest Control Commission as locally Noxious Weeds and are subject to the same suppression, control and eradication requirements as the before mentioned plants and animals.

s/Nathan Jagim

Meade County Weed and Pest

Published twice at the total approximate cost of ______.

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

RURAL AMBULANCE DISTRICT – BOARD OF DIRECTORS

A Special Election will be held on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in all the voting precincts for the Board of Directors of the Rural Ambulance District in Meade County.  If the polls cannot be opened because of bad weather, the election may be postponed one week.

The election polls will be open from seven a.m. to seven p.m. mountain time on the day of the election. 

The polling place for the Board of Directors Rural Ambulance District Election in the county is as follows: 

MEADE COUNTY AUDITOR – ELECTION ROOM 1300 Sherman Street #126, Sturgis SD

Any voter who needs assistance, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may contact the county auditor at (605) 347-2360 before the election for information on polling place accessibility for people with disabilities. 

/s/ Lisa Schieffer__________________________________ 

Meade County Auditor 

Published twice at a total approximate cost of ___________.  

Tax Certificates held by the Meade County Treasurer

Current Tax Certificate List

*Total dollars owed does not include interest and costs

For more information about the current Tax Certificate list, please call the Meade County Treasurer’s Office at: 605.347.5871

SDCL 10-23-2.   Publication or posting of notice of sale of tax certificate--Reconciliation of published list to tax list. The treasurer shall give notice of the sale of the tax certificate by publication of the sale once during the week before the sale in the official newspapers of the county. If there is no newspaper published in the county, the treasurer shall give notice by written or printed notice posted at the door of the courthouse for two weeks before the sale. The county auditor shall reconcile the published list of unpaid taxes to the unpaid taxes in the tax list.

SDCL 10-23-28.   Sale of tax certificate by county--Price--Tax receipt issued--Rights acquired by purchaser. If any person intends to purchase the interest of the county in the tax certificate acquired by the treasurer for the county, the person may pay to the treasurer the amount of the taxes, penalty, interest, and costs of sale and transfer and all unpaid or subsequent taxes as specified in § 10-23-27. The treasurer shall issue a tax receipt for the taxes, penalty, interest, and costs. The treasurer shall assign and deliver to the purchaser the tax certificate of purchase held by the county for the real property, which assignment and transfer shall convey unto the purchaser all the rights of the county in the tax certificate as much as if the person was the original purchaser at the tax certificate sale.

NOTICE OF DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION

NOTICE OF DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION

Voter registration for the Primary Election and combined Meade 46-1 School District Election to be held on June 2nd , 2020, will close on May 18th, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Failure to register by this date will cause forfeiture of voting rights for this election. If you are in doubt about whether you are registered, check the Voter Information Portal at www.sdsos.gov or call the Meade County Auditor at (605) 347-2360. 

Registration may be completed during regular business hours at the county auditor's office, municipal finance office, secretary of state's office, and those locations which provide driver's licenses, SNAP, TANF, WIC, military recruitment, and assistance to the disabled as provided by the Department of Human Services. You may contact the county auditor to request a mail-in registration form or access a mail-in form at www.sdsos.gov.

Any voter who needs assistance, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may contact the county auditor for information and special assistance in voter registration. 

/s/ Lisa Schieffer              

Meade County Auditor

Published twice at the total approximate cost of ______________.  

Notice of Special Election on Rural Ambulance District - Change of Polling Place

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

RURAL AMBULANCE DISTRICT

A Special Election will be held on Monday, March 23rd, 2020, for the proposed Rural Ambulance District in Meade County. Voters are still able to vote absentee until Friday, March 20th, 2020.

The election polls will be open from seven a.m. to seven p.m. mountain time on the day of the election. 

The polling place for the Rural Ambulance District in the county is as follows: 

MEADE COUNTY ERSKINE BUILDING / 1300 SHERMAN STREET STE 126

Any voter who needs assistance, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may contact the county auditor at (605) 347-2360 before the election for information on polling place accessibility for people with disabilities. 

Burn Ban - March 7, 2020

March 7, 2020. 

Grasslands Fire Danger rating: "Very High"
Red Flag Warning - Effective 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM. 

Open Burning is prohibited today (burn piles, slash, burn barrels, fires not enclosed, no chimney or duct stack) in Meade County per Ordinance #27. 

This does not apply to grills and designated areas which fall in the boundaries of any permitted commercial, state or federal campgrounds.