Category Archives: News Pierre

Fort Pierre, Pierre firefighters contain structure fire under brutally cold conditions Monday afternoon
Volunteer firefighters from Fort Pierre and Pierre spent about three hours Monday afternoon (Jan. 20, 2025) putting out a structure fire along Sale Barn Road in Fort Pierre. Fort Pierre Fire Departmen...
DRG Media Group News Jan 21, 2025 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.

Fort Pierre City Council meets tonight
The Fort Pierre City Council meets this evening (Jan. 21, 2025) at 6pm CT in the South Dakota Municipal League building (208 Island Drive) in Fort Pierre. Items on their agenda include: Capital Improv...
DRG Media Group News Jan 21, 2025

Pierre City Commission meets this evening
The Pierre City Commission meets this evening (Jan. 21, 2024) at 5:30pm at City Hall in Pierre. Among the items on the agenda are: Missouri Shores House of Hope Update Water Rate Ordinance Update - 2n...
DRG Media Group News Jan 21, 2025

Hughes County Commission meets this morning
The Hughes County Commission meets at 9am today (Jan. 21, 2025) at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. Among the items on their agenda are: Hwy Engineer Selection per DOT HWY Transportation Planni...
DRG Media Group News Jan 21, 2025 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.

Be aware of varying and unsafe ice conditions
If ice fishing is on your list of things to do this winter, Pierre Volunteer Fire Department Chief Ian Paul shares some reminders to keep yourself-- and everyone and everything with you-- safe. After ...
DRG Media Group News Jan 20, 2025 Courtesy infographic.

Pierre's new outdoor pool sees 50,000 swimmers in first year
There was much community enthusiasm leading up to the first season at Pierre's new Outdoor Pool, and that enthusiasm continued right through the swim season. In a presentation provided to the Pierre C...
DRG Media Group News Jan 17, 2025 Image credit DRG Media Group.

Hughes County Commission meets this morning
The Hughes County Commission meets at 10am today (Jan. 16, 2025) at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. Among the items on their agenda are: county employee evaluation process pay grades pay for p...
DRG Media Group News Jan 16, 2025 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.

Pierre Rural Volunteer Fire Department answers calls to 30+ incidents last year
The Pierre Rural Volunteer Fire Department had a busy year in 2024. Hughes County Manager Lori Jacobson says the group responded to 33 different incidents. Doug Hinkle is the chief of the Pierre Rural...
DRG Media Group News Jan 15, 2025 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Woman from Fairfax killed in Saturday afternoon accident in Gregory County
JANUARY 15, 2025: A 59 year old woman from Fairfax, SD, died in a two-car crash, nine miles north of Herrick, SD, Saturday afternoon (Jan. 11, 2025 at 2:09pm). Preliminary crash information indicates ...
DRG Media Group News Jan 15, 2025

Slurry seal street preservation process costs Pierre less than expected
JANUARY 14, 2025: The cost of the slurry seal work done on some streets in Pierre during the 2024 construction season is costing the city about $20,000 less than anticipated. Staff Engineer Caleb Huiz...
DRG Media Group News Jan 15, 2025 Photo credit DRG Media Group.





