News
Pierre Driver Exam Station open Saturday for CDL drivers needed to update their medical card information before next week
August 21, 2026: The South Dakota Driver Licensing exam station in Pierre will be open Saturday morning (Aug. 22, 2026) to help Commercial Driver License holders with a K restriction update their lice...
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Woman from Pierre to be 100th inductee into South Dakota Transportation Hall of Honor
August 21, 2026: A woman from Pierre will be the 100th person inducted into the South Dakota Transportation Hall of Honor when her banquet is held in mid-September. This year's inductees are June Hans...
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New Stanley County School Principals Nagel and Carr looking forward to supporting students and teachers....and seeing impact of no student access to cell phones during the school day
When classes start for Stanley County students on Monday (Aug. 24, 2026), the District will have a completely new leadership team.....but they're all familiar faces to Fort Pierre.
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As far as pollinators go, wasps just want people to leave them alone
When humans encounter pollinators such as bees, birds and butterflies out doing their thing, we typically leave them alone. That's often not the case when people encounter some of the less "frien...
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National Sports
MLB Thursday Scores & Friday Schedule
INTERLEAGUE Final Cleveland 5 San Francisco 2 Final Atlanta 2 Chicago White Sox 0 Final Milwaukee 7 Seattle 4 Final Texas 2 Washington 0 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Toronto 5 Tampa Bay 1 Final Kansas City 6 Athletics 2 Final N.Y. Yankees 6 Baltimore 1 Final L.A. Angels 18 Houston 3 ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE Final St. Louis 10 ...
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NFL Preseason Thursday scores & Friday schedule
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON Final Las Vegas 22 Houston 20 Final San Francisco 41 L.A. Chargers 17 Tonight's games: N-Y Jets at Pittsburgh 6 p.m. Carolina at Jacksonville 6:30 p.m. Green Bay at Denver 8 p.m.
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College Football AP Top-25 sees Ohio State & Oregon at 1-2
Ohio State and Oregon were 1-2 in The Associated Press Top 25 released Monday, giving the Big Ten Conference the top two teams in the preseason rankings for the first time in 65 years and just the second time ever. The Buckeyes received 40 first-place votes and Oregon received 14 in voting by 69 media members who cover...
Aug 18, 2026
MLB Monday Scores & Tuesday Schedule
INTERLEAGUE Final Boston 11 Arizona 1 Final Minnesota 4 Atlanta 2 Final Detroit 8 Pittsburgh 5 Final Chicago Cubs 7 Chicago White Sox 5 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Tampa Bay 7 Baltimore 6 Final Kansas City 9 Athletics 5 ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE Final St. Louis 2 Cincinnati 1 Final N.Y. Mets 2 San Diego 1 Final Cincinnati 6 St...
Aug 18, 2026
MLB Sunday Scores & Monday Schedule
INTERLEAGUE Final Pittsburgh 8 Boston 3 Final San Diego 5 Cleveland 0 Final Philadelphia 7 Minnesota 5 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Baltimore 10 Tampa Bay 2 Final Chicago White Sox 7 Detroit 5 Final N.Y. Yankees 4 Toronto 3 Final Kansas City 3 L.A. Angels 0 Final Athletics 5 Texas 2 Final Seattle 3 Houston 2 ___ NATIONAL ...
Aug 17, 2026
Local Sports
Pierre splits doubleheader with Watertown in second games of the year
The Pierre Governors had a quick turnaround after they opened the season Tuesday with a split against Sioux Falls Jefferson. They hosted Watertown for another two-team doubleheader Thursday that saw t...
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The Starting Line 8-19-26
Last night, we proudly presented the first episode of The Starting Line, where your sports week gets started every Wednesday night. In this brand-new, hour-long weekly sports talk show, Matthew Givone...
Aug 20, 2026
Governors split doubleheader with Jefferson to open season
The Pierre Governor soccer programs came into this season with high expectations. After a hard fought first round loss for the boys, and a cindarella-like run to the semi-finals for the girls, both te...
Aug 19, 2026
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Pierre Soccer kicks off redemption campaign today at PILC with doubleheader
The 2026 high school sports season has officially arrived. The summer workouts, the team camps, all of the club action has led up to this point where athletes rejoin their high school programs and hop...
Aug 18, 2026
Farm News
Trump announces plan to lower beef prices; Cattle groups, ranchers and some Republicans are already balking
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has announced his administration will temporarily allow more beef imports into the U.S. without triggering higher tariffs. He said Friday (Aug. 21, 2026) the i...
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Wheat Harvest Nears Finish
The 2026 U.S. wheat harvest continues to make steady progress. Most major classes are reporting favorable yields and quality despite pockets of weather-related challenges. This is according to the lat...
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American Farmland Trust Launches National Farmers Market Competition
American Farmland Trust has launched its 18th annual America's Farmers Market Celebration, a nationwide campaign designed to recognize farmers markets and their contributions to local agriculture, com...
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SDSU Extension hosting annual Draper Winter Wheat meeting next week
South Dakota State University Extension invites producers and community members to the 37th annual Winter Wheat Meeting in Draper Thursday (Aug. 27, 2026). This year's meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. CDT ...
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