YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Yankton County issued only one building permit in January, but it was a record-setting one.

The Daily Press & Dakotan reports that the permit issued to Dakota Plains Ag Center LLC is for a $25.1 million grain-sorting facility at Napa Junction.

Planning and Zoning Director Pat Garrity says the county's record for building permit valuation in one year had been $19 million, in 2007. Last year's permits totaled just under $16 million.

The Dakota Plains grain facility is to be the centerpiece of a proposed industrial rail park that could host a number of businesses that rely on railroad service. Dakota Plains CEO Matt Winsand says dirt work could begin next month.

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