Category Archives: News Pierre

Hinder to headline Saturday night music at 2024 Oahe Days in Pierre
The Oahe Days Arts and Music Festival Committee has announced the headline acts for the 2024 event. Oahe Days Committee member John Sterling shares the details. This year's Oahe Days will be Friday an...
DRG Media Group News Mar 04, 2024

The Key to Our Next 30 Years by Rep. Will Mortenson
The Key to Our Next 30 Years by Rep. Will Mortenson (R - Fort Pierre). March 3, 2024. Three years ago, I wrote a column about my frustration with the skyrocketing cost of a college education. I told y...
DRG Media Group News Mar 04, 2024

Fort Pierre City Council meets tonight
The Fort Pierre City Council meets this evening (March 5, 2024) at 6pm CT in the South Dakota Municipal League building (208 Island Drive) in Fort Pierre. Items on their agenda include: Frontline Warn...
DRG Media Group News Mar 04, 2024

Hughes County Commission meets this evening
The Hughes County Commission meets at 5:30pm today (March 5, 2024) at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. Among the items on their agenda are: Contracts for Brule Co JSC, AAA Collections and Front...
DRG Media Group News Mar 04, 2024

27 veterans recognized during Vietnam, Vietnam-era lapel pin ceremony this past week in Pierre
FEBRUARY 27, 2024: 27 more Vietnam and Vietnam-era veterans received a commemorative lapel pin and thanks for their service during a ceremony yesterday afternoon (Feb. 26, 2024) at the American Legion...
DRG Media Group News Mar 02, 2024 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.

Kelli Pazour named Chamberlain School District Teacher of the Year
Ms. Kelli Pazour is the Chamberlain School District Teacher of the Year! For nearly three decades, she's passionately illuminated the world of math for countless students, leaving an indelible mark on...
DRG Media Group News Mar 02, 2024 Kelli Pazour (in gray shirt, 3rd from left) with family members Angelia, Keith and Evan Hawk.
Courtesy photo.

Avera facilities in Pierre and Miller again achieve recognition on national Top 100 lists
Avera St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre and Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital in Miller are among the Avera facilities making lists of the Top 100 rural hospitals in the United States. Facilities named ...
DRG Media Group News Mar 01, 2024 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Hand County Sheriff, Kimball Police among departments with officers graduating tomorrow from Basic Law Enforcement Certification Course
South Dakota will have 42 newly certified law enforcement officers following the state Basic Law Enforcement Certification Course graduation tomorrow (March 1, 2024) in Pierre. The recruits, who repre...
DRG Media Group News Feb 29, 2024

Cold front brings roller coaster temperatures to South Dakota this week
South Dakotans experienced a drastic temperature swing from Monday to Tuesday of this week (Feb. 26, 2024). National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Doering says parts of the state experienced a c...
DRG Media Group News Feb 29, 2024 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.
No municipal election needed this year in Fort Pierre
FEBRUARY 28, 2024: Fort Pierre will not have to hold a municipal election in April. Friday (Feb. 23, 2024) was the deadline for people wanting to run for city council or mayor of Fort Pierre to turn i...
DRG Media Group News Feb 28, 2024





