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Yankton County Commissioners Found to Have No Conflicts of Interest

Yankton County Commissioners Found to Have No Conflicts of Interest

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Yankton County States Attorney Rob Klimisch says he has found no conflicts of interest around votes taken by three county commissioners. The three, Chairman Todd Woods, and Commissioners Don Kettering and Raymon Epp asked for the investigation. Klimisch says he collected a lot of information on the three and submitted it to the Attorney General’s office.

Woods says it shows that they are following the law…..

Woods says he relies on his experience in determining what is a conflict……

Woods says he carefully evaluates each issue that comes before the commission………….

The potential conflicts were highlighted by votes on several confined animal feeding operations.

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