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 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 (dove, like cove,-ree) said the r...
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Stanley County Senior Keira Briggs awarded first ever Anderson memorial scholarship
A senior at Stanley County High School was awarded the inaugural Susan Anderson G.O.A.T. $2,500 scholarship during the opening ceremony of the state Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Leade...
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Fort Pierre City Council meets tonight
The Fort Pierre City Council meets this evening (April 22, 2025) at 6pm CT in the South Dakota Municipal League building (208 Island Drive) in Fort Pierre. Items on their agenda include: Arbor Day Pro...
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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...
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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

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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Stomprud Angus Ranch to receive South Dakota Leopold Conservation Award
Stomprud Angus Ranch of Mud Butte has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 South Dakota Leopold Conservation Award®. The $10,000 award honors ranchers, farmers, and forestland owners who go ...
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Adjuvants Market Predicted to Grow 14% by 2032
The agricultural adjuvant market will grow by 14 percent from 2024 to 2032. The growth is attributed to the increasing need for effective crop protection solutions. With the growing global population ...
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South Dakota feedlot inventory down 4% from this time last year
April 21, 2025: South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 240,000 cattle on feed on April 1, 2025, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. This ...
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Social Media
It's hard to deny at this point that something's up with Justin Bieber, and even former members of his team are concerned.
U.S. Army Corps to close or reduce services at campgrounds, boat ramps, visitor centers along Missouri River in SD, ND, NE and MT.
Contractors to work overnight tonight into Thursday morning (April 16-17, 2025) to do sewer line bypass work for Euclid Avenue reconstruction project in Pierre.