Category Archives: News Pierre
Allowing Pierre residents to have chickens comes up again at Pierre City Commission meeting last week
It's been about eight years since the Pierre City Commission voted against the idea, but the question of allowing residents to raise chickens was brought up again at last week's (Nov. 28, 2023) meetin...
Dec 04, 2023 julie / CC
Stanley and Gregory counties among those in South Dakota where Summer Food Service Program sponsors are being sought
Sponsorships are available statewide, with opportunities for new sponsors in the following counties: Bennett, Bon Homme, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Custer, Gregory, McCook, Meade, Ogalala Lakota and Stanle...
Dec 04, 2023 Jonathan Cutrer
Fort Pierre City Council to discuss utility and supplemental budgets during meeting tonight
The Fort Pierre City Council meets this evening (Dec. 5, 2023) at 6:30 CT in the South Dakota Municipal League building (208 Island Drive) in Fort Pierre. Items on their agenda include: Intro (first r...
Dec 04, 2023
Hughes County Commission to discuss snow, benefits and more during meeting this evening
The Hughes County Commission meets at 5:30pm today (Dec. 5, 2023) at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. Among the items on their agenda are: Snow Policy Risty Benefits Veterans Service Officer Up...
Dec 04, 2023
438 units collected in three days during the 19th annual Tyler Wilcox Memorial Guns 'n Hoses Blood Drive
DECEMBER 1, 2023, UPDATE: The firefighters have retaken possession of the traveling championship trophy for the annual Tyler Wilcox Memorial Guns and Hoses Blood Drive after collecting 227 donor votes...
Dec 01, 2023 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.
Pat Duffy Community Youth Involved Center annual Tour of Homes and Tour of Wines being held tomorrow in Fort Pierre
The Pat Duffy Community Youth Involved Center in Fort Pierre will hold its 37th annual holiday "Tour of Homes" tomorrow (Dec. 2, 2023) from 1-4pm CT. Executive Director Dusti Deal says there are five ...
Dec 01, 2023 Dusti Deal and Brandi Holley in the KGFX studio, Nov. 30, 2023.
Photo credit DRG Media Group.
PEDCO elects board members, hears from Coach Stig during annual meeting this week
NOVEMBER 30, 2023: The Pierre Economic Development Corporation held its annual meeting this week (Nov. 28, 2023) to elect board members and review the work done in 2023. Elected to three-year terms we...
Dec 01, 2023 PEDCO board chairman Andy Hubbart and former South Dakota State University Coach John Stiegelmeier hold SDSU's 2022 FCS Championship trophy at the PEDCO annual meeting Nov. 28, 2023.
Courtesy photo.
Inheritance money in dispute after death of woman who made millions off sale of T-rex remains found on Cheyenne River Reservation
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - For years, the the massive mostly-intact dinosaur skeleton that came to be known as Sue the T-rex was at the center of a legal battle. The latest dispute involves who inherits...
Nov 30, 2023 FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2018, photo, Garth Dallman, center, and Bill Kouchie, right, both from the dinosaur restoration firm Research Casting International, Ltd., begin the of dismantling Sue, the Tyrannosaurus rex, on display at Chicago's Field Museum. For years, the the massive mostly-intact dinosaur skeleton that came to be known as Sue the T-rex was at the center of a legal battle. The latest dispute involves who inherits what's left of the money created by the sale of Sue. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, file)
$2,200 awarded to Sotera Youth & Family Services to help families in central South Dakota
The South Dakota Community Foundation recently awarded a $2,200 South Dakota Fund grant to Sotera Youth & Family Services. Funding will support a group curriculum that would be offered to families...
Nov 29, 2023 Photo left to right: Dawn Gordon, Grant Program Assistant, SDCF; Krista Cambell, Assistant Executive Director, Sotera Youth and Family Servies; Grace Campbell, Emergency Shelter Director, Sotera Youth and Family Services and Ginger Niemann, Senior Program Officer, SDCF.
Courtesy photo.
Fort Pierre working on placing statues of historical figures at various locations around town
Fort Pierre city leaders are looking to preserve some of the town's centuries of history through a series of sculptures. Mayor Gloria Hanson says a committee is exploring ways to memorialize a number ...
Nov 29, 2023
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