News
Registration for Historic Preservation Office Archaeology Camp opens May 1
The South Dakota State Historical Society's State Historic Preservation Office, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will be hosting their annual Archaeology Camp in Pierre June 10-12...
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2nd graders in Pierre and Fort Pierre getting information and a tree to take home during Arbor Day presentations tomorrow
Arbor Day is Friday (April 25, 2025) in South Dakota. Just ahead of that, 2nd grade students in the Pierre and Stanley County school districts will have the opportunity to learn about trees and get on...
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Weekly update meeting being held today for Euclid Avenue/Highways 14/83 reconstruction project in Pierre
As part of the Euclid Avenue/Highways 14/83 reconstruction project in Pierre, weekly update meetings will be held on Wednesday mornings. The updates will be at 11am in the Associated General Contracto...
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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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National Sports
NHL Playoff Tuesday Scores & Schedule
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Final Carolina 3 New Jersey 1 Final OT Toronto 3 Ottawa 2 Final Florida 6 Tampa Bay 2 Final Minnesota 5 Vegas 2 Tonight's games: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Montreal at Washington 6 p.m. Dallas at Colorado 8:30 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles 9 p.m.
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NBA Playoff Tuesday Scores & Schedule
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Final Indiana 123 Milwaukee 115 Final Oklahoma City 118 Memphis 99 Final L.A. Lakers 94 Minnesota 85 Tonight's games: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Orlando at Boston 6 p.m. Miami at Cleveland 6:30 p.m. Golden State at Houston 8:30 p.m.
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MLB Tuesday Scores & Schedule
INTERLEAGUE Final San Diego 2 Detroit 0 Final Washington 7 Baltimore 0 Final Kansas City 4 Colorado 3 Final Arizona 5 Tampa Bay 1 Final Pittsburgh 9 L.A. Angels 3 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Cleveland 3 N.Y. Yankees 2 Final Boston 8 Seattle 3 Final Minnesota 4 Chicago White Sox 2 Final Houston 5 Toronto 1 Final Texas 8 A...
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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...
Apr 22, 2025
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.
Apr 22, 2025
Local Sports
Grey Zabel will make history in the NFL Draft for Pierre, the community that helped shape him
The NFL draft is synonymous for changing the lives of 257 players and families. Whether a guy gets drafted in the first round on Thursday night, or receives the "Mr. Irrelevant" jersey for b...
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Govs dominate Aberdeen Central for first win of season
Pierre notched their first win of the season yesterday in grand fashion winning 16-0, and preventing Aberdeen Central from earning a hit. The Govs came out scoring early with six runs in the first inn...
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Big Dakota Conference Track Meet results
The Big Dakota Conference held their track meet at Todd Co. yesterday with the following events: 100 Meter Hurdles Boys Finals 100 Meter Hurdles Girls Finals 100 Meter Dash Boys/Girls Fina...
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Byron Buxton turns Superman to seal win for Twins
The Twins are back in the win column after suffering a three-game sweep at the hands of the Braves over the weekend. Minnesota welcomed in a struggling Chicago White Sox squad in for game one of a thr...
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Farm News
South Dakota shows 28% increase in number of industrial hemp acres harvested, according to USDA NASS National Hemp Report
South Dakota farmers grew 3900 acres of industrial hemp in open areas in 2024, a 22% increase from the year before. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service...
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Farm bankruptcy numbers climbing in 2025
Farm bankruptcies grew 55 percent from 2023 to 2024 and are trending even higher in 2025. Farmers are continuing to struggle with low prices for their agricultural commodities and the high costs of in...
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South Dakota Public Utilities Commission rejects permit for an $8.9 billion carbon capture pipeline
April 23, 2025: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The massive carbon capture pipeline in the Midwest was thrown into uncertainty Tuesday (April 22, 2025) after South Dakota's Public Utility Commission denied i...
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USMEF: Reaction to changes in USTR port service fee plan
On Thursday (April 17, 2025), the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published revisions to proposed port service fees designed to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry. The changes ca...
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Social Media
With the NFL Draft beginning tomorrow night, Grey Zabel has the Pierre community behind him as he looks to do something this town has never seen
https://drgnews.com/2025/04/23/just-days-away-from-the-draft-gray-zabel-looks/
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. https://drgnews.com/2025/04/22/279502/ West Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.
River and Eagle are currently off the air during reconstruction of an electrical pole that was recently damaged by fire. We'll be back on as soon as possible, but you can still tune in with the live stream available at drgnews.com, with our DRGNews app or with your stream device. Thanks for your patience and understanding. https://lnkr.fm/F5bf0
Off Air Notice...the recent electrical pole fire on Verendrye Drive in Ft Pierre has required the need for the pole to be replaced tomorrow, Wed. April 23rd. While West Central Electric is working to keep power on for it's residential users, it is necessary for 3 phase customers to be powered down during construction. KGFX AM 1060 will remain on via generator power, but unfortunately River and Eagle will be off the air starting at 8 a.m. The FM translator for KGFX; 103.1 FM and 100.5 for KPLO will also be off.
You can listen to all of our stations through the live streams though. Tune in through drgnews.com, the DRGNews app or your Alexa device.
Thank you for your patience and understanding! We'll get back on as soon after the new pole is powered up as possible.
