News

Electrical pole west of Fort Pierre to be replaced Wednesday; Planned outage won't impact residential customers, but some West Central Electric Co-op business customers-- including DRG Media Group-- will be without power most of the day
April 22, 2025: Some of West Central Electric Cooperative's commercial customers-- including DRG Media Group-- will be without power much of the day on Wednesday (April 23, 2025), while a power pole g...
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Pierre woman to compete in national mother of the year competition this week in Puerto Rico
A woman from Pierre is traveling to San Juan, Puerto Rico, this week (April 24-26, 2025) to compete in the 2025 American Mother of the Year competition. Skyla Nicholas said she was nominated to be one...
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Walworth County Commission meeting - Tuesday, April 22, 2025
At Tuesday's (April 22nd) Walworth County Commission meeting, Brooke Karst had a request for a special liquor license to hold a dance at the tennis court in Hoven in June in memory of her brother Trav...
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Pierre School District looking to update facility rental rates and policy
The Pierre School Board is considering updates to the fees charged for renting the district's various facilities. Pierre School District Business Manager Travis Dovre said the rate increase is about 7...
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National Sports

Blackwell scores 17:46 into OT as Stars beat Avalanche 4-3 to even 1st-round NHL playoffs series 1-1
DALLAS (AP) - Colin Blackwell scored 17:46 into overtime and the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in Game 2 on Monday night to even up their first-round Western Conference series. Blackwell initially took a shot that ricocheted off teammate Sam Steel and Avs defenseman Samuel Girard in front of the net. But...
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NHL Playoff Monday Scores & Schedule
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Final Winnipeg 2 St. Louis 1 Final OT Washington 3 Montreal 2 Final OT Dallas 4 Colorado 3 Final Los Angeles 6 Edmonton 5 Tonight's games: New Jersey at Carolina 5 p.m. Ottawa at Toronto 6:30 p.m. Florida at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Vegas 10 p.m.
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MLB Monday Scores & Schedule
INTERLEAGUE Final Detroit 6 San Diego 4 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Boston 4 Chicago White Sox 2 Final Cleveland 6 N.Y. Yankees 4 Final Houston 7 Toronto 0 ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE Final Miami 6 Cincinnati 3 Final Atlanta 7 St. Louis 6 Final N.Y. Mets 5 Philadelphia 4 Final San Francisco 5 Milwaukee 2 Today's games: INTERLEAG...
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NBA Playoff Monday Scores & Schedule
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Final Detroit 100 New York 94 Final L.A. Clippers 105 Denver 102 Tonight's games: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Milwaukee at Indiana 6 p.m. Memphis at Oklahoma City 6:30 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Lakers 9 p.m.
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NHL Playoffs Sunday Scores & Schedule
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Final Carolina 4 New Jersey 1 Final Toronto 6 Ottawa 2 Final Vegas 4 Minnesota 2 Playoff games tonight: Montreal at Washington 6 p.m. St. Louis at Winnipeg 6:30 p.m. Colorado at Dallas 8:30 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles 9 p.m.
Apr 21, 2025
Local Sports

Twins adjust Friday & Sunday start time to accommodate Timberwolves
With the Timberwolves and Lakers coming to Minnesota this upcoming weekend, the Minnesota Twins announced they will adjust first pitch against the Angels on Friday and Sunday to accommodate both fanba...
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Pierre Softball hosts Aberdeen Central for makeup game today
The Govs search for their first win of the season against Aberdeen Central today 21 days after their original meeting was postponed due to inclement weather. Pierre sits at 0-3 while Aberdeen is also ...
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3rd Annual Sharpe Showdown this weekend; Registration still open
After the National Walleye Tour competes on Lake Sharpe this Thursday & Friday, the 3rd Annual Sharpe Showdown Walleye Tournament will host up to 60 teams out on the water competing for a huge pri...
6h ago

Pierre Tennis results from Brandon Valley Tri
Brandon Valley defeats Pierre - 8-1 Singles Woidyla defeats Hight 10-0 Jensen defeats Leiferman 10-0 Stone defeats Lueking 10-6 Lowery defeats Mckeown 10-8 Anshutz defeats Hight 10-4 Gross defeats LaR...
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Farm News

Renewable Fuels Association analysis shows cropland used to meet California ethanol demand down 20%
The Renewable Fuels Association has filed comments (April 21, 2025) with the California Air Resources Board regarding proposed modifications to the state's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, including CARB's d...
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Winter wheat condition in South Dakota declines during past week
April 22, 2025: For the week ending April 20, 2025, there were 6.0 days suitable for fieldwork in South Dakota, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture suppl...
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Court Affirms Mexican Tomato Dumping in the U.S.
The Court of International Trade confirmed findings from the Department of Commerce that Mexican companies dumped tomatoes into the U.S. market at significant margins, with some as high as 273 percent...
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White House Budget Plan Proposes Local FSA, NRCS Office Closures
The Trump administration is planning to severely scale back or outright eliminate funding for many programs across the Agriculture Department, according to White House documents obtained, as it slashe...
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