meatpacking plants

The ordinance passed on a 48-52 vote, and paves the way for Wholestone Foods to move forward with their proposed facility in Sioux Falls.

While South Dakota is often described as a "business-friendly" state, there are often citizens with opposing interests fighting developments - and laws and elected officials between them.

South Dakota hog farmers are running out of room. That's because a number of meatpacking plants are closed and still aren't sure when they will reopen. In…