Category Archives: News Pierre

Fort Pierre firefighters spend week helping fight fires on Pine Ridge Reservation
Two volunteer firefighters from Fort Pierre are scheduled to come home today (Aug. 2, 2024) after spending this week helping to fight fires on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Engine Boss Tye Odden says he...
DRG Media Group News Aug 02, 2024 Courtesy photo.

SDSU to offer Associate degree in agricultural science at Capital City Campus; First classes start Aug. 26, 2024
People in the central part of South Dakota interested in learning some of the basics about agriculture now have the opportunity to take courses in Pierre thanks to a collaboration between South Dakota...
DRG Media Group News Aug 01, 2024 Photo credit: Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.

Pierre fogging residential areas Tuesday night
JULY 30, 2024: Pierre Parks Department staff will fog for mosquitoes in residential areas tonight (July 30, 2024). Fogging is used to abate adult mosquitoes. however, prevention is the most effective ...
DRG Media Group News Jul 30, 2024

June, July rainfall totals above average in Pierre and Fort Pierre area; Possibility of storms again overnight
Scattered storms came through the central part of South Dakota Sunday night (July 28, 2024) into Monday and again Monday night into Tuesday. National Weather Service Meteorologist Megan Mulford says r...
DRG Media Group News Jul 30, 2024 Image credit National Weather Service.

Kimball implementing device-free policy for grades K-12 during upcoming school year
Add Kimball to the list of school districts in South Dakota that are implementing device free learning environments for the upcoming school year (2024-25). Superintendent and High School Principal Mat...
DRG Media Group News Jul 30, 2024

Pierre City Commission meets this evening
The Pierre City Commission meets today (July 30, 2024) at 5:30pm at City Hall in Pierre. Among the items on the agenda are: StreetScan Project Crazy Days Event August 3rd 2024 400 block of Pierre Stre...
DRG Media Group News Jul 30, 2024 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Chip seal and fog seal projects scheduled to begin today in central South Dakota
Beginning today (July 29, 2024), crews will begin chip seal, fog seal, and flush seal projects on portions of several highways in central South Dakota. Weather dependent, the contractor will move from...
DRG Media Group News Jul 29, 2024

Pierre store sells over 5500 blizzards or blizzard coupons on Miracle Treat Day; Combined total donation is around $8000
Customers of the DQ Grill & Chill restaurant in Pierre raised more than $8000 for the Children's Miracle network during Thursday's Miracle Treat Day (July 25, 2024). Store Manager Jen Uecker says ...
DRG Media Group News Jul 26, 2024 Photo credit: DRG Media Group.

Interagency cooperation stops wheat field fire near Hayes at roughly 160 acres
Volunteer firefighters from a handful of different departments spent around four hours Thursday afternoon (July 25, 2024) in 100+ degree heat to extinguish a fire that took off into a wheat field in S...
DRG Media Group News Jul 26, 2024 Map image courtesy of the Fort Pierre Volunteer Fire Department.
Winner man sentenced to prison for Third-Degree Rape Charge
A 38 year old man from Winner has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, with 10 years suspended, after earlier pleading guilty to Third-Degree Rape of a person incapable of giving consent. Lionel Lee ...
DRG Media Group News Jul 25, 2024





