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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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...
Apr 22, 2025
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...
Apr 22, 2025
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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S Dakota St. transfer Mark Gronowski gives Iowa's offense hope. He was among top FCS QBs for 3 years
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Mark Gronowski was on the losing side of what he jokingly calls "the greatest offensive game of all time." Gronowski was South Dakota State's quarterback when the Jackrabbits lost 7-3 at Iowa in the 2022 season opener, when the Hawkeyes' points came from two safeties and a field goal. N...
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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
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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Stanley County making progress on brand new Football/Track & Field complex
A few weeks ago, members of the Stanley County Booster Club, school board and Mammoth Construction dug in shovels on a state-of-the-art Track & Field/Football complex. Today, you can't even recogn...
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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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Farm News
USDA's World Ag Outlook Board sees tariff hits to US meat exports
The United States Department of Agriculture's World Ag Outlook Board expects the country's meat exports to decline for the rest of this year because of tariffs and retaliation, mainly from China. USDA...
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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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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
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.
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/
