News

Tabor to Platte Rails to Trail

Tabor to Platte Rails to Trail

Photo: WNAX


Replacing a rail line with a tourist attraction is the goal of a southeast South Dakota group.

Ron Wagner of Tyndall is Co-Chair of the “Tabor to Platte Rails to Trail Association.”

He says they are eyeing transforming seventy five miles of the idle rail line and have approached the legislature…

Wagner says they would like to see it used like an existing Black Hills trail..

Wagner says they are working on funding and design..

The line is still owned by the state and has rail and ties that would have to be removed.

Recent Headlines

1 week ago in Local

SOUTH DAKOTA SENATE ADVANCES MEASURE ASKING VOTERS TO AUTHORIZE MOBILE SPORTS BETTING

PIERRE, S.D. (Makenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight) – The South Dakota Senate voted 23-10 on Wednesday to approve a…

1 week ago in Local

LAWMAKERS ENDORSE ADDING SCHOOL COACHES AS MANDATORY ABUSE REPORTERS, BUT NOT CLERGY

PIERRE, S.D. (Seth Tupper and John Hult / South Dakota Searchlight) – Debates about which types of authority figures should be…

1 week ago in Local

LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL WOULD REQUIRE DATA CENTERS TO GET PERMITS FROM NEIGHBORING CITIES AND COUNTIES

PIERRE, S.D. (Meghan O’Brien / South Dakota Searchlight) – A legislative proposal related to a situation in the Sioux Falls…

1 week ago in Local

FEDERAL JUDGE DECLINES TO INTERVENE IN SD ATTORNEY GENERAL’S FIGHT AGAINST ABORTION ADS

NEW YORK (Meghan O’Brien / SD Searchlight) – A federal judge declined to intervene Wednesday against South Dakota Republican Attorney General…

1 week ago in Local

RHODEN VETOES BILL THAT WOULD BAN LAB-GROWN MEAT, BUT WOULD SUPPORT A MORATORIUM

PIERRE, S.D. (Meghan O’Brien / South Dakota Searchlight) – Governor Larry Rhoden vetoed a bill Monday that would effectively ban…