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If the state wants to build a prison on land zoned for agriculture, it should get the county’s permission first. Or it shouldn’t.

PIERRE — If the state wants to build a prison on land zoned for agriculture, it should get the county’s permission first. Or it shouldn’t.

SPEARFISH, S.D. — If the state wants to build a prison on land zoned for agriculture, it should get the county’s permission first. Or it shouldn’t. A 45-minute session of oral arguments ...