Category Archives: News Pierre

Pierre School Board meets tonight
The Pierre School Board will meet today (Feb. 12, 2024) at 5:30pm in the Administration Building board room. Items on their agenda include: Riggs High School Handbook Changes, Final Reading and Adopti...
DRG Media Group News Feb 12, 2024 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.

Spring Load Restrictions go into effect Feb. 15 for sections of Hwy. 1806 near Pierre
Under the authority of SDCL 32-22-24, Highway Maintaining Authorities may restrict loads as needed to protect their highways from break-up during the spring thaw. "The unseasonable warm weather increa...
DRG Media Group News Feb 10, 2024 Photo credit South Dakota Department of Transportation.

New emergency manager making updates to Hughes and Stanley County policies
The new Hughes and Stanley County Emergency Management Director is reactivating the Local Emergency Planning Committee. Troy Blevins brought updated committee bylaws to the Hughes County Commission th...
DRG Media Group News Feb 08, 2024 Photo credit to Dakota Radio Group.

Forward progress being made on #FortPierreLife projects
One of a series of sculptures that are planned to depict some of Fort Pierre's historical personalities could be finished by late this fall. Mayor Gloria Hanson says where the statue of Pierre Chateau...
DRG Media Group News Feb 08, 2024

Passenger numbers for 2024 off to a good start at Pierre Regional Airport
January was off to a good start as far as the number of people flying out of the Pierre Regional Airport. City Commissioner Jamie Huizenga says over 950 people flew out of Pierre last month. Between c...
DRG Media Group News Feb 07, 2024

97-year-old man killed in accident Friday afternoon east of Platte was from Corsica
FEBRUARY 5, 2024: A 97 year old man from Corsica died Friday afternoon (Feb. 2, 2024, 3:50pm) in a two-vehicle crash two miles east of Platte in Charles Mix County. Preliminary crash information indic...
DRG Media Group News Feb 06, 2024 Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Pierre City Commission meets this evening
The Pierre City Commission meets today (Feb. 6, 2024) at 5:30pm at City Hall in Pierre. Among the items on the agenda are: Request to Purchase - Police Patrol Vehicle Burns & McDonnell Engineering...
DRG Media Group News Feb 06, 2024

Stanley County Commission meets this evening
The Stanley County Commission meets at 5pm CT today (Feb. 6, 2024) in the commission room of the Courthouse in Fort Pierre. Items on their agenda include: EM Standard Operating Procedures - Outdoor Wa...
DRG Media Group News Feb 06, 2024 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Fort Pierre City Council meets tonight; Meetings now start at 6pm CT rather than 6:30pm
The Fort Pierre City Council meets this evening (Feb. 5, 2024) at 6pm CT in the South Dakota Municipal League building (208 Island Drive) in Fort Pierre. Items on their agenda include: Water Tank Roof...
DRG Media Group News Feb 05, 2024 Photo credit DRG Media Group.

Hughes County Commission meets tonight
The Hughes County Commission meets at 5:30pm today (Feb. 5, 2024) at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. Among the items on their agenda are: Emergency Management Local Emergency Planning Committe...
DRG Media Group News Feb 05, 2024





