Category Archives: News Pierre

Pierre approves remaining 2025 street construction contracts
The Pierre City Commission has awarded (Feb. 25, 2025) the last two annual contracts for its 2025 street construction projects. The $365,000 slurry seal contract involved the application of an oil-bas...
DRG Media Group News Mar 03, 2025 Courtesy image.

Fort Pierre City Council meets this evening
The Fort Pierre City Council meets this evening (March 3, 2025) at 6pm CT in the South Dakota Municipal League building (208 Island Drive) in Fort Pierre. Items on their agenda include: Pavement Manag...
DRG Media Group News Mar 03, 2025
After four years of the TeamMates mentoring program in Pierre, participants helping start up the program this fall at Stanley County in Fort Pierre
The TeamMates mentoring program in Pierre is in its fourth year of matching middle and high school youth to adults with similar interests. Mentor Kim Leiferman says her group is helping to get the Tea...
DRG Media Group News Feb 28, 2025

Man from Box Elder arrested in Pierre after incident with driver he says cut him off while driving
A 41 year old man from Box Elder was arrested in Pierre Wednesday night (Feb. 26, 2025) on charges of Simple Assault and 1st offense DUI. Information from the Pierre Police Department said shortly aft...
DRG Media Group News Feb 27, 2025 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.

Rawlins Municipal Library in Pierre serves nearly 70,000 people in 2024
In 2024, 68,198 people visited Rawlins Municipal Library to enjoy its programming, professional development, and reading materials. That's an average of about 200 people a day. "Obviously lots of peop...
DRG Media Group News Feb 27, 2025 Photo credit: Dakota Radio Group

Avera St. Mary's, Hand County Memorial hospitals named to national top 100 lists for 2025
Avera St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre and Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital in Miller are among the Avera facilities that are on lists of the top 100 hospitals in the United State. Avera St. Mary's Ho...
DRG Media Group News Feb 27, 2025

Pamperien hired as manager of Pierre Regional Airport
The new manger of the Pierre Regional Airport will start his job next month (March 17, 2025). Pierre City Commissioner Jamie Huizenga shared some information about Casey Pamperien (pam-per-eye-n) at t...
DRG Media Group News Feb 26, 2025

Pierre School District holding Kindergarten orientation meetings this evening
The three public elementary schools in the Pierre School District are holding Kindergarten orientation this evening (Feb. 25, 2025) at 5:30pm. Superintendent Dr. Kelly Glodt encourages all parents or ...
DRG Media Group News Feb 25, 2025 Map courtesy of the Pierre Public School District website.

Pierre City Commission meets this evening
The Pierre City Commission meets this evening (Feb. 24 2025) at 5:30pm at City Hall in Pierre. Among the items on the agenda are: New Hire - Airport Manager - Casey Pamperien Bid Awards - 2025 Aggrega...
DRG Media Group News Feb 25, 2025 Photo credit: Dakota Radio Group

Registration deadline for South Dakota's 100th legislative session celebration is Saturday
February 24, 2025: Events to mark the 100th legislative session in South Dakota are being planned for April, but the registration deadline is at the end of this week. Current and former legislators, l...
DRG Media Group News Feb 24, 2025





