Category Archives: News Pierre

Grey Goose Road Halloween Display opens tonight
The annual Grey Goose Road Halloween Display north of Pierre opens tonight and runs through Saturday night (Oct. 17-19, 2024). Weather permitting, the evening display will be open from 6-9pm, with the...
DRG Media Group News Oct 17, 2024 2018 display.
Courtesy photo.

Pierre school superintendent says repealing state tax on most things humans consume would criple public education in South Dakota, anticipates budget cuts would start with staff
According to the South Dakota Education Association, about 60% of public school funding comes from state coffers, but that amount could go down, depending on the fate of Initiated Measure 28 on the No...
DRG Media Group News Oct 17, 2024

Pierre Fort Pierre Community Foundation and the Youth Philanthropy Fund funding applications due Nov. 15
Non-profit organizations in Pierre and Fort Pierre have about one month to apply for grant dollars from the Pierre/Fort Pierre Community Foundation and the Youth Philanthropy Fund. The Pierre/Fort Pie...
DRG Media Group News Oct 17, 2024

Asphalt shoulder work on U.S. Highway 18 in Tripp, Gregory and Bennett counties rescheduled for next spring
A contractor's revised schedule means two segments of U.S. Highway 18 in south central South Dakota won't be finished until next year (2025). The South Dakota Department of Transportation says prep wo...
DRG Media Group News Oct 17, 2024

Pierre Players holding 2025 season kickoff today
The Pierre Players community theater group kicks off its 2025 season today (Oct. 17, 2024) at the Grand Opera House on upper Pierre Street. A social hour begins at 4:30pm, with a program at 5:30pm whe...
DRG Media Group News Oct 17, 2024

Sioux Falls woman sentenced for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine after traffic stop in Chamberlain
OCTOBER 2024: A federal U.S. District Judge has decided on the punishment for a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencin...
DRG Media Group News Oct 17, 2024 Travis Wise / CC

Pierre City Commission passes resolution expressing opposition to Initiated Measure 28
OCTOBER 16, 2024: The Pierre City Commission has unanimously passed a resolution (Oct. 15, 2024) formally stating their opposition to Initiated Measure 28 on South Dakota's Nov. 5, 2024, general elect...
DRG Media Group News Oct 16, 2024

No injuries after Pierre daycare evacuated Tuesday because of smoke; Furnace malfunction thought to be the cause
There was smoke, but no fire when about a dozen kids were evacuated from a private daycare in Pierre Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 15, 2024). Pierre Volunteer Fire Department Chief Ian Paul says the call wa...
DRG Media Group News Oct 16, 2024 Photo credit Dakota Radio Group.

Walgreens to close 1,200 stores as US pharmacies struggle to define a new role
UNDATED (AP)- Walgreens is planning to close around 1,200 locations, as the drugstore chain and its rivals struggle to define their role for U.S. shoppers who no longer look to them first for convenie...
DRG Media Group News Oct 15, 2024 FILE - In this June 25, 2019, file photo a man walks outside a Walgreens pharmacy in downtown Cincinnati. Walgreens is adding the former leader of rival drugstore chain Rite Aid to its executive team. The company said Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, that John Standley will join Walgreens Boots Alliance as president, effective immediately.(AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Fort Pierre National Grasslands among federal areas under Stage II Fire Restrictions
The Nebraska National Forest and Grasslands in Nebraska and South Dakota-- including the Fort Pierre National Grasslands-- are under a Stage 2 Fire and Smoking Restrictions Special Order. Forest Super...
DRG Media Group News Oct 15, 2024 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.





