Category Archives: News Pierre
Winner man nominated for 2024 TIME Dealer of the Year award for community service and industry accomplishments
The owner of a vehicle dealership in Winner has been nominated for the 2024 TIME Dealer of the Year award-- one of the automobile industry's most prestigious and highly coveted honors. Cody Haiar of F...
Oct 20, 2023 Cody Haiar.
Courtesy photo.
Pierre School District teachers and parents working together can improve attendance rates for students
OCTOBER 20, 2023: Student attendance is a focus for the Pierre School Board this year (2023-24). Nationwide, districts dealt with lower attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic, but District Superinten...
Oct 20, 2023 Photo credit: Dakota Radio Group
Fire burns poll shed northwest of Fort Pierre; Fort Pierre and Pierre Volunteer Fire Departments holding recruitment event next month
No one was injured and no surrounding structures were damaged late this morning (Oct. 19, 2023) during a fire roughly 15 miles northwest of Fort Pierre in rural Stanley County. Fort Pierre Volunteer F...
Oct 19, 2023 Courtesy photo.
Fort Pierre approves sewer lining project for 6th Avenue and Casey Tibbs Street
The Fort Pierre City Council has approved a contract to to reline the main sewer line under 6th Avenue and also under Casey Tibbs Street. Public Works Director Rick Hahn says this is a continuation of...
Oct 19, 2023
Fort Pierre employees earn platinum level loss control and safety achievement award from SD Municipal League
Employees of the City of Fort Pierre were awarded a Platinum Level Loss Control/Safety Achievement Award at the annual South Dakota Municipal League Conference earlier this month (Oct. 3-6, 2023). For...
Oct 19, 2023
Pierre awards contracts for electric improvements
The Pierre City Commission has approved four bids to replace aging electric distribution equipment. The first project, for $522,000 (to Builders Electric) will replace the underground electrical line ...
Oct 19, 2023
US Small Business Administration HUBZone map for South Dakota updated to include Lyman, Brookings, Charles Mix counties
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) South Dakota District Office has announced the launch of a new Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) map for the state. Firms in newly release...
Oct 19, 2023
No injuries in late morning accident yesterday in Pierre
No one was injured in a two-vehicle accident yesterday morning (Oct. 17, 2023, at 11:30am CT) in Pierre. Information from the Pierre Police Department says officers were dispatched to the intersection...
Oct 18, 2023
Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce: new staff, new ideas, same goal of helping its members flourish
OCTOBER 18, 2023: There's a lot of new faces at the Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce so the staff held an open house yesterday (Oct. 17, 2023) as an opportunity for community members to meet them and s...
Oct 18, 2023 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.
High reproductive success for prairie grouse on the Fort Pierre National Grassland
OCTOBER 17, 2023: Sharp-tailed grouse and greater prairie-chickens-- collectively known as prairie grouse-- had high reproductive success on the Fort Pierre National Grassland in central South Dakota ...
Oct 17, 2023 Photo credit Jody Heemstra, DRG Media Group.
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