Lincoln County is the 13th fastest growing county in the country.
Both Lincoln and Minnehaha counties need four more judges to match the average caseloads of judges across the state s other counties.
Lincoln County s five full-time clerks of court have the highest average of work per clerk than any other county: 1,735 cases per clerk, compared to roughly 1,000 in other counties.
That s what some of the top issues a board of residents and government officials are now weighing, after recently learning about the issues during a deep dive into whether the 120-year-old Lincoln County courthouse is in need of an upgrade.